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The barriers and facilitators of implementing a national laboratory-based AMR surveillance system in Cambodia: key informants’ perspectives and assessments of microbiology laboratories

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundCollecting data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an essential approach for defining the scope of the AMR problem, developing evidence-based interventions and detecting new and emerging resistances.
Sovathiro Mao, Chansovannara Soputhy, Sokreaksa Lay, Jan Jacobs, Jan Jacobs, Grace Marie Ku, Grace Marie Ku, Darapheak Chau, Chhorvann Chhea, Por Ir   +9 more
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Multicenter Performance Evaluation of MALDI-TOF MS for Rapid Detection of Carbapenemase Activity in Enterobacterales: The Future of Networking Data Analysis With Online Software

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
In this study, we evaluate the performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for rapid detection of carbapenemase activity in Enterobacterales in clinical microbiology laboratories during a ...
Eva Gato, Ahalieyah Anantharajah, Manuel J. Arroyo, María José Artacho, Juan de Dios Caballero, Ana Candela, Kateřina Chudějová, Ignacio Pedro Constanso, Cristina Elías, Cristina Elías, Javier Fernández, Jesús Jiménez, Pilar Lumbreras, Gema Méndez, Xavier Mulet, Patricia Pérez-Palacios, Belén Rodríguez-Sánchez, Rafael Cantón, Jaroslav Hrabák, Luis Mancera, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Luis Martínez-Martínez, Antonio Oliver, Álvaro Pascual, Alexia Verroken, Germán Bou, Marina Oviaño   +27 more
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Characterization of the Achromobacter xylosoxidans Type VI Secretion System and Its Implication in Cystic Fibrosis

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Bacteria of the genus Achromobacter are environmental germs, with an unknown reservoir. It can become opportunistic pathogens in immunocompromised patients, causing bacteremia, meningitis, pneumonia, or peritonitis.
Mélanie Le Goff, Manon Vastel, Régine Lebrun, Pascal Mansuelle, Ava Diarra, Teddy Grandjean, Pauline Triponney, Geneviève Imbert, Philippe Gosset, Rodrigue Dessein, Fabien Garnier, Eric Durand, Eric Durand   +12 more
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Higher In vitro Proliferation Rate of Rhizopus oryzae in Blood of Diabetic Individuals in Chronic Glycaemic Control Compared with Non-diabetic Individuals [PDF]

, 2017
We thank all members of the Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology in the Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion and Hospital General de México. Also, thanks to the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award, corresponding author’
Corzo Leon, Dora E., Franco-Cendejas, Rafael, López-Jácome, Luis E., Resendiz-Sanchez, Jesús, Rodriguez-Zulueta, Patricia, Salazar-Tamayo, Grace   +5 more
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A crowd of BashTheBug volunteers reproducibly and accurately measure the minimum inhibitory concentrations of 13 antitubercular drugs from photographs of 96-well broth microdilution plates

eLife, 2022
Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease that is treatable with antibiotics. An increasing prevalence of resistance means that to ensure a good treatment outcome it is desirable to test the susceptibility of each infection to different antibiotics ...
Philip W Fowler, Carla Wright, Helen Spiers, Tingting Zhu, Elisabeth ML Baeten, Sarah W Hoosdally, Ana L Gibertoni Cruz, Aysha Roohi, Samaneh Kouchaki, Timothy M Walker, Timothy EA Peto, Grant Miller, Chris Lintott, David Clifton, Derrick W Crook, A Sarah Walker, The Zooniverse Volunteer Community, The CRyPTIC Consortium   +17 more
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Discordant bioinformatic predictions of antimicrobial resistance from whole-genome sequencing data of bacterial isolates: an inter-laboratory study. [PDF]

, 2019
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a threat to public health. Clinical microbiology laboratories typically rely on culturing bacteria for antimicrobial-susceptibility testing (AST).
Aller, SD, Bruchmann, S, Clark, T, Coello Pelegrin, A, Cormican, M, Diez Benavente, E, Doyle, RM, Ellington, MJ, Harris, KA, Huggett, JF, McGrath, E, Moran-Gilad, J, Motro, Y, O'Sullivan, DM, Phelan, J, Phuong Thuy Nguyen, T, Shaw, LP, Stabler, RA, van Belkum, A, van Dorp, L, Woodford, N   +20 more
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Service evaluation to establish the sensitivity, specificity and additional value of broad-range 16S rDNA PCR for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis from resected endocardial material in patients from eight UK and Ireland hospitals [PDF]

, 2014
Infective endocarditis (IE) can be diagnosed in the clinical microbiology laboratory by culturing explanted heart valve material. We present a service evaluation that examines the sensitivity and specificity of a broad-range 16S rDNA polymerase chain ...
Alshafi, K, Gouliouris, T, Harris, KA, Hartley, JC, Jalili, S, Munthali, P, NiRiain, U, Williams, OM, Yam, T   +8 more
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Necrotizing fasciitis of the neck: case presentation [PDF]

, 2017
Necrotizing fasciitis represents a severe and rare infectious disease, which is accompanied by extended necrosis of subcutaneous tissues and fascia layers, having as a result gangrene of the teguments.
Domuta, Maria, Marginean, Emil, Pantis, Alina, Popescu, Bogdan, Scăunașu, Razvan V, Sorban, Ildiko, Valenas, Oana, Venter, Ciprian   +7 more
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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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Automation in the clinical microbiology laboratory. [PDF]

, 2013
Automation in the clinical microbiology ...
Burnham, C.A., Dunne, W.M., Greub, G., Novak, S.M., Patel, R.   +4 more
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