Development and Validation of a Decision-Making Stratification Algorithm to Optimize the Use of Rapid Diagnostic Testing for Patients with Staphylococcus Bacteremia

Table 2

Patients who did not meet inclusion criteria for rapid diagnostic testing.

Reason for the exclusion	Number of patients
Additional infectious disease indications requiring continuation of empiric vancomycin	20
Immunocompromised host	3
Foreign device in place	5
Risk factor for MRSA	6

MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.