Reply to Pogue and Heil, "The Clinical Impact of a Negative Molecular β-Lactamase Gene Test for Enterobacteriaceae : Let's Not Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Really Good".

We thank Dr. Pogue and Dr. Heil for their commentary on our study of resistance mechanisms for Gram-negative bacteria in the United States and agree that these tests can provide tremendous value to antimicrobial stewardship. We further agree with the authors that the use of these tests for de-