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​80% of Empiric Therapy is unnecessary.  The high negative predictive value of β-D-Glucan cuts this over-use dramatically.
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Intravenous antifungal agents are commonly prescribed empirically for patients at risk of invasive fungal infections.  Yet around 80% of empirically prescribed antifungal treatments are shown to be unnecessary with no evidence of Invasive Fungal Infection. The high negative predictive value of β-D-Glucan cuts this over-use dramatically..

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These are from posters presented at a meeting in Aberdeen in October 2021 relevant to rapid fungal diagnostics & antifungal stewardship.
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P356 - A retrospective review of the AFS at Leicester.
Absolute antifungal expenditure showed an annual decrease of £320,600
P222 - A multi-site evaluation of antifungal use- implications for AFS.     ''β-D-glucan utilization is greatest when turn-around-time is shortest​''
P062 - Introduction of β-D-glucan testing.
​Based on bringing 256 tests in-house there was a saving of £75,000 in therapy.
Would you like abstracts of these presentations?  There are more - use the contact form below.
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Minimising laboratory turnaround times is key to unlocking the potential of β-D-Glucan. ​ Patient to result in under 2 hours is now possible.
FACIS, Fully Automatic Chemiluminescence ​Immunoassay System, has the key attributes of being simple and economical to use making a 24/7 service for β-D-Glucan/Galactomannan testing a real possibility. 

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  • About
    • Bioconnection's Big Blog
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  • Contact Us
  • Amplex
    • eazyplex® BloodScreen
    • eazyplex® C. auris
    • eazyplex® C. difficle
    • eazyplex® CSF direct
    • eazyplex® EHEC
    • eazyplex® hv-K. pneumoniae
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    • eazyplex® PneumobBug
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  • CHROMagar
    • Clinical Microbiology | CHROMagar
    • Drug Resistant Bacteria Detection | CHROMagar
    • Food Industry | CHROMagar
    • Veterinary Microbiology | CHROMagar
    • Water Testing | CHROMagar
  • Coris Bioconcept
    • Coris controls
    • Clostridium diffificile
  • Controls
    • Coris - Antigen Controls
    • Sifin - slide agglutination controls
    • SensID Controls
    • Microbiologics IVD Controls >
      • KWIK-STIK
      • Helix Elite >
        • BCID
        • Enteric
        • Hospital Acquired Infections
        • Respiratory
        • Women's Health and STI
  • Microbiologics
    • IVD Control Products >
      • Which platform? >
        • System Specific
        • Syndrome Specific Panels
      • AST controls >
        • Enteric Molecular Controls
        • Mycobacteria
        • Negative Controls
        • Respiratory Molecular Control
    • IVDR Information Library
  • Parasitology
  • More...
    • ERA Biology
    • ERBA
    • Library >
      • 1990 betalactams
      • Aspergillus
      • AMR >
        • History and Development >
          • AMR - History and Development cont.
        • Rectal Screening for Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
        • Rapid detection of Carbapenemases from Blood Cultures
      • AFS
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        • Publications
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    • REAL (Durviz) >
      • Mini & Midi
      • Graham test
    • Rosco Diagnostica >
      • Accessories
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        • Diatabs
        • ESBL discs
        • Neo-sensitabs >
          • Why Neo-Sensitabs