To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, researchers supported by the Oxford Martin Programme on Antimicrobial Resistance Testing (University of Oxford) have reported advances towards a novel and ...

Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing of blood cultures is not superior to standard testing in patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections, according to the FAST trial.

McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday launched a new website aimed at improving access to information that can help healthcare professionals determine which drugs are most likely to ...

A rapid microbiological point-of-care test designed to help GPs identify whether a respiratory infection is caused by a virus ...

‌Your doctor might order an antibiotic sensitivity test to find the best treatment for you when you have an infection. It helps determine both the appropriate antibiotic and dosage that you need to ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a rapid and cost-efficient sequencing method that can identify antibiotic resistance within the same working day. The technique, called s5PSeq, ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the top ten threats to public health worldwide. It occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites do not respond to antimicrobial drugs anymore. Drug-resistant ...