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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing for Three Malassezia Species

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The Malassezia genus comprises lipid-dependent yeasts that have long been associated with common skin diseases, and have recently been linked with Crohn’s disease and certain cancers.
Brooke Rathie, Bart Theelen, Martin Laurence, Rebecca S. Shapiro   +3 more
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When good bugs go bad: Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Corynebacterium striatum, an emerging multidrug-resistant, opportunistic pathogen [PDF]

, 2017
Infections with Corynebacterium striatum have been described in the literature over the last 2 decades, with the majority being bacteremia, central line infections, and occasionally, endocarditis.
Anderson, Neil, Burnham, Carey-Ann D, McMullen, Allison R, Shupe, Angela, Wallace, Meghan A   +4 more
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Differential DNA accessibility to polymerase enables 30-minute phenotypic β-lactam antibiotic susceptibility testing of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae [PDF]

, 2020
The rise in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections has created a global health emergency, underlining the critical need to develop faster diagnostics to treat swiftly and correctly.
Garner, Omai B., Ismagilov, Rustem F., Liaw, Eric J., Savela, Emily S., Schoepp, Nathan G., Winnett, Alexander   +5 more
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Ten years of external quality assessment (EQA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Europe elucidate high reliability of data

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Confidence in any diagnostic and antimicrobial susceptibility testing data is provided by appropriate and regular quality assurance (QA) procedures. In Europe, the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Programme (Euro-GASP) has been
Michelle J. Cole, Nerteley Quaye, Susanne Jacobsson, Michaela Day, Elizabeth Fagan, Catherine Ison, Rachel Pitt, Shila Seaton, Neil Woodford, Angelika Stary, Sonja Pleininger, Tania Crucitti, Blaženka Hunjak, Panayiota Maikanti, Steen Hoffmann, Jelena Viktorova, Susanne Buder, Peter Kohl, Eva Tzelepi, Eirini Siatravani, Eszter Balla, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Lisa Rose, Paola Stefanelli, Anna Carannante, Gatis Pakarna, Francesca Mifsud, Rosann Zammit Cassar, Ineke Linde, Thea Bergheim, Martin Steinbakk, Beata Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Maria-José Borrego, Jill Shepherd, Peter Pavlik, Samo Jeverica, Julio Vazquez, Raquel Abad, Sabrina Weiss, Gianfranco Spiteri, Magnus Unemo   +40 more
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Serotype epidemiology and multidrug resistance patterns of Salmonella enterica infecting humans in Italy [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Salmonella enterica is the zoonotic agent most frequently responsible for foodborne infections in humans worldwide. In this work the presence of S.
Bettanello, Sabrina, De Canale, Ettore, Frasson, Ilaria, Palu', Giorgio, Richter, Sara   +4 more
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Effect of Different Media on the Bactericidal Activity of Colistin and on the Synergistic Combination With Azidothymidine Against mcr-1-Positive Colistin-Resistant Escherichia coli [PDF]

, 2020
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) performed according to defined guidelines is important to identify resistance and to predict the clinical success or failure of specific antibiotic therapy.
Coates, A, Hu, Y, Loose, M, Naber, KG, Wagenlehner, FME   +4 more
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Direct susceptibility testing by disk diffusion on clinical samples : a rapid and accurate tool for antibiotic stewardship [PDF]

, 2015
We compared the accuracy of direct susceptibility testing (DST) with conventional antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), both using disk diffusion, on clinical samples.
Boelens, Jerina, Claeys, Geert, Coorevits, Liselotte   +2 more
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Concordance of disk diffusion, broth microdilution, and whole‐genome sequencing for determination of in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of Mannheimia haemolytica

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020
Background Extensive drug resistance (XDR) is an emerging concern with Mannheimia haemolytica, and a variety of testing methods are available for characterizing in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility.
Emily R. Snyder, Bridget J. Savitske, Brent C. Credille   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals [PDF]

, 2007
This observational, cross-sectional study describes the role played by clinical microbiology and pharmacy departments in the stewardship of antibiotic prescribing in European hospitals.
Bruce, Julie, Cookson, Barry, Gould, I.M., Krcmery, Vladimir, MacKenzie, Fiona, Mollison, Jill, Monnet, Dominique L., van der Meer, Jos W.M.   +7 more
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Susceptibility Provision Enhances Effective De-escalation (SPEED): utilizing rapid phenotypic susceptibility testing in Gram-negative bloodstream infections and its potential clinical impact [PDF]

, 2019
Objectives We evaluated the performance and time to result for pathogen identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of the Accelerate Pheno™ system (AXDX) compared with standard of care (SOC) methods.
Blevins, Sarah, Bocian, Brittany, Davis, Thomas E., Desai, Armisha, Emery, Christopher L., Hiles, Jon, Manaloor, John J., Schmitt, Bryan H., Schneider, Jack G., Smith, Nathan W., Wood, James B., Wrin, Justin   +11 more
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