Implementation of short incubation MALDI-TOF MS identification from positive blood cultures in routine diagnostics and effects on empiric antimicrobial therapy

Table 1 Time until species identification before and after implementation of MALDI-TOF MS from shortly incubated cultures

Bacterial pathogen	Before^a (in minutes; median (mean; range))	After^a (in minutes; median (mean; range))	P
All bacteria	909 (776; 2–1439)	188 (342; 0–1439)	<0.001
Gram-negative	811 (942; 9–1438)	151 (277; 36–1433)	<0.001
Gram-positive	849 (742; 2–1439)	231 (400; 0–1439)	<0.001

^atime between microscopy and availability of species identification result before and after implementation of MALDI-TOF MS from shortly incubated cultures in laboratory routine

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