Detection time of resistant bacteria with MBS AST POCT.
bacteriuria
UTI
Histograms show detection frequencies (%) of MBS AST POCT resistant results at different time intervals.This represents an important issue to consider when looking at the overall performance of the MBS method for diagnosis and management of UTI.Previous studies, focused on the evaluation of the MBS POCT accuracy in performing bacterial load assessment for UTI detection, demonstrated that the MBS POCT was able to detect the presence of significant bacteriuria in maximum 5 hours [Taken together these results confirm the potential of the method: its adoption in routine clinical practice could provide, in short time, important information to the medical staff that, once the presence of UTI has been confirmed, could exclude ineffective antibiotics, and perform an evidence-based choice among treatment options, ultimately leading to more effective treatment and faster resolution. The fast response of the method could indeed reduce the adoption of empirical treatment and avoid the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, considered the major problem contributing to the emergence of resistant bacteria.Moreover, its use in combination with other rapidly detected biomarkers as procalcitonin, high levels of which have been positively correlated to culture positive patients [