AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM: VITEK 2 AUTOMATED COMPACT SYSTEM & MALDI-TOF There […]
Category: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram
STANDARD QUALITY CONTROL STRAINS FOR ANTIBIOGRAM
Quality control strains (or reference strains)are typed cultures of microorganisms with known antimicrobial susceptibility patterns […]
PREPARATION OF 0.5 McFARLAND TURBIDITY STANDARDS
McFarland Turbidity Standard is an important technique performed in the microbiology laboratory especially when carrying […]
UNDERSTANDING MBL MICROBIOLOGY
Metallo-beta-lactamases (MBLs) are beta-lactamase enzymes produced by pathogenic bacteria, and which hydrolyzes the carbapenems (e.g. […]
ESBL Positive – Understanding Extended spectrum beta-lactamases tests
What does it mean to be ESBL positive? Learn how to detect these antibiotic-resistant bacteria […]
Beta-Lactamases and their Role in Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance
Beta-lactamases are bacterial enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the β-lactam ring of β-lactam antibiotics, […]
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC)
Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) is a quantitative microbiological parameter used to determine the lowest concentration of […]
Measurement of Antimicrobial Efficacy/Activity
The increasing prevalence of microbial infections and the continuous emergence of microorganisms with reduced susceptibility […]
Genotypic Detection of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Genes
Antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the most consequential challenges confronting modern […]
VITEK 2 Automated Compact System for Bacterial Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST)
The accurate identification of bacterial pathogens and the timely determination of their antimicrobial susceptibility are […]
Brief History of Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance is one of the most significant challenges confronting modern medicine. It occurs […]
Antimicrobial (Antibiotic) Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), particularly antibiotic resistance, has emerged as one of the most consequential challenges […]
Chromatic Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) Agar
The increasing prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) has created a persistent challenge for clinical microbiology, […]
Antibiogram & Interpretative Standards for Antibiotic (Antibacterial) Disks used for Susceptibility Studies
Antimicrobial Agents /Microorganisms Disk Code Disk Potency (µg) Resistant Intermediate Susceptible Amikacin […]
PHENOTYPIC DETECTION METHODS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) IN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
The expression “phenotypic” is from the word phenotype, which means “the observable characteristics of an […]
OUTPUT OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING
The output of an antimicrobial drug susceptibility test is often expressed as raw data which […]
Overview of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) / Antibiogram
When a pathogenic microorganism is isolated from the specimen of a patient, the clinical microbiology […]
Chromogenic culture media for detecting antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
Chromatic Super CAZ/AVI Chromogenic medium for detecting Ceftazidime-avibactam resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Chromatic Super CAZ/AVI is […]
CLASSES OF ANTIBIOTICS
There are several classification/types of antibiotics today, which is based on bacterial spectrum of activity […]
SOURCES OF ANTIBIOTICS
Before the advent of conventional medicine used in clinical medicine today for the treatment of […]
From Serendipity to Global Medicine: The History and Evolution of Antibiotics
The history of antibiotics represents one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of […]
DEFINITION OF AN ANTIBIOTIC
There is no consensus to the definition of antibiotics. But it is very important that […]
Introduction to Antibiotic Resistance
In recent times, antibiotic resistance of pathogens to drugs (antibiotics) directed towards the degrading properties […]