Diagnostic stewardship for sepsis: the need for risk stratification to triage patients for fast microbiology workflows

Future Microbiol. 2019 Feb:14:169-174. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2018-0329. Epub 2019 Jan 10.

Davide Mangioni^{1

2}, Bruno Viaggi³, Tommaso Giani^{4

5}, Fabio Arena⁶, Sara D'Arienzo⁷, Silvia Forni⁷, Giorgio Tulli⁷, Gian M Rossolini^{4

5}

¹ Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, ASST Spedali Civili General Hospital - University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
² Infectious Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico - University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Neuro Intensive Care Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁵ Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Florence Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁶ Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
⁷ Tuscan Regional Health Agency, Florence, Italy.

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Keywords: diagnostic stewardship; fast microbiology; multi-parametric score; risk stratification; sepsis.

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