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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sepsis remains a substantial disease burden worldwide, and patients can deteriorate rapidly, but the current diagnostics take ...

‌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 ...

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 ...

A randomized trial involving gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections found that rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) was not superior to usual testing in terms of clinical outcomes.

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, ...