McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can ...

The recent emergence of bacterial infections that are resistant to many existing antibiotics is driving an urgent need for tools to quickly identify the small number of therapies that are still ...

By Vijay Kumar Malesu Why mismatched resistance thresholds between CLSI and EUCAST could be masking the true scale of ...

The global issue of antimicrobial resistance has been called a “slow motion catastrophe” resulting from the excessive and often inappropriate use of antibiotics to fight bacterial infections. 1 A long ...

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria -and determining which antibiotics can stop them - in just 36 ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mayo Clinic and Adaptive Phage Therapeutics (APT) today announced a collaboration to advance and commercialize a phage susceptibility test (PST) linked exclusively ...

Direct-from-blood bacterial testing did not shorten vancomycin duration in adults with suspected infection compared with standard blood cultures.

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 ...

Introduction to the ninth edition of the Manual of clinical microbiology -- Laboratory management -- Laboratory design -- Laboratory consultation, communication, and information systems -- General ...

When bloodstream infections set in, fast treatment is crucial — but it can take several days to identify the bacteria responsible. A new, rapid-diagnosis sepsis test could cut down on the wait, ...