P-1680. Performance of direct Disk Diffusion (dDD) testing in gram negative rod bacteremia as a tool for early escalation of therapy

DeSear, Kathryn; Rand, Kenneth; Gray, Tori

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.1854

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P-1680. Performance of direct Disk Diffusion (dDD) testing in gram negative rod bacteremia as a tool for early escalation of therapy

Published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases • Jan 1, 2026

Authors:

Kathryn DeSear

Kenneth Rand

Tori Gray

Abstract

Abstract Background In 2021, CLSI endorsed a novel approach for preliminary susceptibility testing - direct Disk Diffusion (dDD) which involves applying antibiotic disks directly to fluid from the positive blood culture bottles, using non-standardized inocula. By providing preliminary susceptibility...

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Medicine

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Bacteremia

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