By Vijay Kumar Malesu Why mismatched resistance thresholds between CLSI and EUCAST could be masking the true scale of ...

Antibiotic resistance is often framed as a hospital problem, but a growing body of evidence shows that rivers, soils, ...

Medical professionals may soon be able to detect bacteria in patient samples in minutes rather than days thanks to a new approach that traps and tests single cells, according to a team of biomedical ...

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 have developed a novel and highly efficient method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy. The technique, called Optical Nanomotion Detection, is extremely ...

Indian scientists develop an affordable 550-rupee dipstick test to monitor antimicrobial resistance in sewage across various ...

Investigators at the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed a rapid AST that can be performed directly on blood and environmental soil samples. 2,3 In a recent study, the ...

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 ...

CALGARY, AB, Jan. 15, 2025 /CNW/ - Rapid Infection Diagnostics Inc. (RID) is pleased to announce the launch of the BSIDx, a disruptive microbiology testing system for bloodstream infections. With the ...

At the core of the antibiotic-resistance crisis is the lack of a rapid and general antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) that can assess the infecting pathogen's sensitivity to antibiotics and thus ...

Scientists are putting the pedal to the metal to develop new antibiotics. Metal-based drugs can open a new world of medicine, ...