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The clinical benefits of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for sepsis can only be fully realized when these technological advancements are integrated with robust diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship programs. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Review the transition from conventional blood culture methods to rapid microbiological diagnostic tests for sepsis and evaluate their integration with antimicrobial stewardship programs.

September 2, 2026Acute and Critical CareOpen Access

Rapid microbiological diagnostics for sepsis in critical care: integrating technological advances with antimicrobial stewardship

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Review the transition from conventional blood culture methods to rapid microbiological diagnostic tests for sepsis and evaluate their integration with antimicrobial stewardship programs.
Synthesized evidence on pre-analytic blood culture practices and rapid diagnostic test platforms, including mass spectrometry and multiplexed genotypic assays.
Evaluated emerging rapid phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing and culture-independent pathogen detection technologies within clinical and antimicrobial stewardship workflows.
Conventional blood cultures require 48 to 72 hours for actionable results, whereas rapid diagnostic tests identify species and limited genotypic resistance profiles directly from positive cultures within hours.
Technological adoption of rapid diagnostic platforms provides maximal clinical benefit and combats multidrug-resistant organisms only when systematically coupled with antimicrobial stewardship programs.

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Review demonstrates clinical integration of rapid microbiological diagnostics in sepsis, highlighting the need for antimicrobial stewardship to improve critical care outcomes.

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Kim et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Review demonstrates clinical integration of rapid microbiological diagnostics in sepsis, highlighting the need for antimicrobial stewardship to improve critical care outcomes.

Rapid microbiological diagnostics for sepsis in critical care: integrating technological advances with antimicrobial stewardship

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Rapid microbiological diagnostics for sepsis in critical care: integrating technological advances with antimicrobial stewardship

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