To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, researchers supported by the Oxford Martin Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance Testing (University of Oxford) have reported advances towards a novel and ...

To permanently access this eBook for free, fill out the short form below. Culture media and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) are essential to clinical microbiology, supporting accurate ...

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday launched a new website aimed at improving access to information that can help healthcare professionals determine which drugs are most likely to ...

Viable bacteria in the blood, i.e., bacteremia, can lead to bloodstream infection (BSI) and sepsis, a syndromic, often fatal, inflammatory response. Rapid and accurate antimicrobial prescriptions are ...

‌Your doctor might order an antibiotic sensitivity test to find the best treatment for you when you have an infection. It helps determine both the appropriate antibiotic and dosage that you need to ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the top ten threats to public health worldwide. It occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites do not respond to antimicrobial drugs anymore. Drug-resistant ...

Researchers have presented a new method for measuring how effectively antibiotics kill bacteria. Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are one of the biggest health problems of our time. Due to mutations, ...

A tool for better antibiotic stewardship did not improve clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections, according to the international FAST trial. The ...