Time to results for identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) from blood cultures is an important factor impacting outcome in sepsis. In this study we evaluated a novel device, the FAST™ system from Qvella that concentrates microbial biomass from positive blood culture flasks with the FAST-PBC Prep™ cartridge thereby producing a liquid colony™ (LC), which can be used immediately in standard laboratory downstream applications.
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