1. Advancing Care in Sepsis Focus on Timely Diagnosis

4. Introduction

5. Challenges in Diagnosing Sepsis

6. Unmet Needs in Treating Sepsis

7. Traditional Diagnostic Tools

8. Conventional Methods for ID and AST of Positive Blood Cultures

9. New Options for ID and AST of Positive Blood Cultures

10. GeneXpert MRSA/SA Blood Culture

11. PNA-FISH

12. MALDI-TOF

13. Verigene Blood Culture Test

14. FilmArray BCID Panel

15. Overview of Currently Available Large Panel Rapid Diagnostic Devices

16. Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Development

17. Potential Role and Clinical Utility of Rapid Diagnostic Methods

18. Using a PCR-Based Blood Culture Identification Panel With an ASP

19. Implementation of Rapid Diagnostic Tests and ASPs

20. Concluding Remarks

21. Abbreviations