A randomized clinical trial demonstrated the limits of rapid testing to determine the antibiotic susceptibility of ...

Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of blood cultures is not superior to standard testing in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections, according to the FAST trial.

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 ...

The field of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and resistance detection is rapidly evolving to address the global threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. In recent years, a ...

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a fundamental component of modern clinical microbiology that informs therapeutic decisions and underpins surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. AST ...

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 ...

A recent Lancet Microbe study investigated the accuracy of antibiotic resistance determination from Enterococcus faecium genomes for diagnostic purposes. Study: Antibiotic resistance determination ...

Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives by treating previously fatal bacterial infections with ease. Yet today, their power is in serious jeopardy. Every year in the United ...

In 2021, a man in his 50s was transferred to the intensive care unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. He was in septic shock due to a bacterial infection that had spread to his bloodstream.

Clinicians should remain vigilant when prescribing antibiotics for gram-negative urinary tract infections due to the evolving spectrum of antimicrobial resistance. Clinicians should consider the ...

Biotia, a company advancing infectious disease diagnostics for challenging infections, today announced the clinical ...