One Academic Medical Center's Experience with the Unyvero Multiplex Platform for Testing Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids: Analytical and Clinical Assessment

The Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract Panel demonstrated reliable concordance with culture based methods for organism identification from bronchoalveolar lavage samples, including relevant resistance mechanisms. Clinically, the Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract Panel aided in both rapid escalation and de-escalation of antimicrobial therapy in our evaluation. Results generated from Unyvero in this single center evaluation allowed for more rapid adjustments in antimicrobial therapy in 53% of cases. Rapid de-escalation of toxic agents such as vancomycin may help prevent negative complications in critically ill patients.

 

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