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 ...

In this interview, Dr. Denise Heaney discusses how molecular diagnostics are reshaping antimicrobial stewardship and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We have developed a technique in our laboratories that allows us to obtain an antibiogram within 2-4 hours – instead of the current 24 hours for the most common germs and one month for tuberculosis,” ...

This infographic explores the mechanisms by which bacteria evolve resistance, the scale of the global threat and the ...

Significant time is needed to determine the drug susceptibility profile of a bacterial infection. Now, researchers from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and collaborating partners have ...

Robots are starting to do in a few days what medicinal chemists once needed months to attempt, churning out hundreds of ...

India faces a severe threat from rising antimicrobial resistance that endangers public health. Infectious disease experts ...

Planning some international travel as one of your New Year’s resolutions? Then be forewarned: Traveler’s diarrhea is becoming ...