Rapid identification of antibiotic-resistant bacteria will play a key role in solving the global antibiotic crisis by providing a route to targeted antibiotic administration. However, current ...

Conventional clinical microbiology is typically based on either single parameter reporting, such as the diameter of the zone of inhibition reported in disk diffusion antimicrobial susceptibility ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) directly causes an estimated 1.3 million deaths around the globe annually, a figure that the World Health Organization has predicted will rise. A leading cause of AMR is ...

A new method for identifying the pathogens involved in sepsis cases, which could help to select optimal therapeutics, is reported in Nature. The test has the potential to reduce the turnaround times ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a rapid and cost-efficient sequencing method that can identify antibiotic resistance within the same working day. The technique, called s5PSeq, ...

‌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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A randomized clinical trial of rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing produced mixed results. It did not ...

Surveillance is an essential public health service. The information gained through the monitoring of a health threat, in this case antimicrobial resistance, informs public policy and communication; it ...