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We aimed to evaluate concordance between the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel and standard blood culture and its impact on antibiotic therapy decisions. We conducted a single-centre retrospective study on patients with sepsis-induced hypotension or septic shock admitted to general, post-operative\/neurosurgical, and cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units who were tested with the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel from January 2021 to December 2022. Eighty-five consecutively admitted patients were included, for a total of 85 paired tests. A total of 48 ESKAPEc pathogens were identified by the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel. The concordance rate between the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel and blood cultures was 81% (69\/85), with 20 concordant-positive and 49 concordant-negative cases. For the 25 microorganisms grown from accompanying blood cultures, blood pathogen coverage by the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel was 88%. In this cohort of severely ill septic patients, the T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel was highly concordant and was able to detect more ESKAPEc pathogens, with a significantly shorter turn-around time compared to conventional blood cultures. The T2Bacteria\u00ae Panel also significantly impacted decisions on antibiotic therapy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics13090885","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,9,18]],"date-time":"2024-09-18T01:52:31Z","timestamp":1726624351000},"page":"885","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Evaluation of T2 Magnetic Resonance (T2MR\u00ae) Technology for the Early Detection of ESKAPEc Pathogens in Septic Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Celestino","family":"Bonura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Science and Promotion of Health and Maternal Infancy \u201cG. 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