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Image: The Sensititre Complete Automated Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) System performs all susceptibility testing on a single platform utilizing the superior sensitivity of true MIC results (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific).

Commercial System Effective for Cefiderocol Susceptibility Testing

The novel formulation of the cephalosporin antibiotic makes it very effective against gram-negative non-fastidious bacteria that are otherwise highly resistant to antibiotics, including carbapenem-resistant strains of Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermenters. More...
11 Jul 2019
Image: Research shows fibromyalgia patients may have a distinct composition of gut microbiome species (Photo courtesy of Christopher Bergland).

Microbiome Composition Altered in Fibromyalgia Patients

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a prevalent syndrome, characterized by chronic widespread pain, fatigue and impaired sleep, that is challenging to diagnose and difficult to treat. FM is a long-term condition that affects 2% to 4% of the USA population, which equates to about 6 to 12 million people. More...
11 Jul 2019
Image: The SIRscan 2000 Automatic Agar Reader-Incubator for susceptibility testing (Photo courtesy of i2a Diagnostics).

Urine Test Produces Antibiotic Susceptibility Results Directly

Antibiotic susceptibility testing, or AST, is a widely used method of evaluating antibiotic resistance and determining patient treatment plans in clinical settings. There are a number of different methods of AST such as agar dilution, broth dilution and disc diffusion assays. More...
10 Jul 2019
Image: The RealStar Zika Virus reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) (Photo courtesy of Altona Diagnostics).

Whole-Blood Testing Diagnoses Acute Zika Virus Infections

Zika virus infections are linked to congenital malformations in neonates from mothers infected during pregnancy and to neurologic disorders in adults. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the most reliable method for confirming Zika virus infections. More...
04 Jul 2019
Image: Carbapenem disc diffusion susceptibility testing of the pandrug-resistant isolate of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Mueller-Hinton agar. In the center are three sets of discs of ertapenem, meropenem, and imipenem (top to bottom) alongside ceftazidime-avibactam (Photo courtesy of University of Miami).

Certain Antibiotic Combinations Could Target Heteroresistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a significant threat to human health, with one estimate suggesting they will cause 10 million worldwide deaths per year by 2050, surpassing deaths due to cancer. More...
03 Jul 2019
Image: The CLINITEK Status+ analyzer provides results for routine urine tests, kidney disease and pregnancy tests (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers).

POC Urinalysis System Evaluated for Schistosomiasis

Schistosoma haematobium is one of the three main human species of digenetic trematodes, belonging to a group of blood flukes, and causes the urinary form of schistosomiasis and remains a significant public health problem worldwide, despite years of efforts to control it. More...
02 Jul 2019
Image: Fusobacterium novum in liquid culture. Fusobacterium flourishes in colon cancer cells, and is often also associated with ulcerative colitis (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Microbiome Study Links Gut Bacteria to Specific Diseases

The mix of bacteria comprising the human gut microbiome is linked to the development of specific diseases and syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and chronic depression. More...
01 Jul 2019
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