Applying a Novel Microplate Photometer for the Assessment of Bacterial Growth As commonly prescribed treatments for bacterial infection, antibiotics are substances or compounds that kill (bactericidal ...

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 ...

Researchers at EPFL and Vrije Universiteit Brussel have developed a novel and highly efficient method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy. The technique, called ...

Preliminary data indicate the rate of sepsis mortality related to overall patient deaths is dropping at University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga. So what are they doing differently? Accelerate ...

Selux Diagnostics Inc. received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its next generation phenotyping (NGP) system, a rapid antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) platform that determines a bacteria’s ...

In what represents the first patenting from Glasgow-based Microplate Dx Ltd., three of its co-founders describe a system for diagnosing microbial infections and performing rapid antimicrobial ...

Q-linea AB ( ($SE:QLINEA) ) has shared an update. Q-linea AB has achieved its first clinical implementations of the ASTar rapid antibiotic ...

An announcement from Q-linea AB ( ($SE:QLINEA) ) is now available. Q-linea has been selected to supply its ASTar rapid antimicrobial ...

Thought LeadersDr. Sandor KasasResearch LeadEcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne News Medical speaks with Dr. Sandor Kasas, a lead researcher at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in ...

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 ...

A study of the 4 leading bacterial causes of travelers' diarrhea found high nonsusceptibility to fluoroquinolones and ...