Bacteria have evolved to survive in diverse environments. They survive exposure to harsh chemicals including…
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
BRIEF HISTORY OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
by DrChikaAntimicrobial agents, particularly antibiotics are the most significant class of pharmaceuticals and are one of…
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Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
ANTIMICROBIAL (ANTIBIOTIC) RESISTANCE: definition, selective pressure and clonal selection
by DrChikaAntibiotic or antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a phenomenon that occurs when bacteria are not killed…
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Culture mediaAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
Chromatic Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) agar
by DrChikaChromatic VRE is a selective and differential chromogenic medium used for the qualitative and presumptive detection…
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram
Antibiogram & Interpretative Standards for Antibiotic (Antibacterial) Disks used for Susceptibility Studies
by DrChikaAntimicrobial Agents /Microorganisms Disk Code Disk Potency (µg) Resistant Intermediate Susceptible Amikacin…
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & Antibiogram
AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM: VITEK 2 AUTOMATED COMPACT SYSTEM & MALDI-TOF
by DrChikaAUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOGRAM: VITEK 2 AUTOMATED COMPACT SYSTEM & MALDI-TOF There…
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramPharmaceutical Microbiology
PHENOTYPIC DETECTION METHODS OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (AMR) IN PATHOGENIC BACTERIA
by DrChikaThe expression “phenotypic” is from the word phenotype, which means “the observable characteristics of an…
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramMicrobe Lab
OUTPUT OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING
by DrChikaThe output of an antimicrobial drug susceptibility test is often expressed as raw data which…
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramMicrobe Lab
Overview of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) / Antibiogram
by DrChikaWhen a pathogenic microorganism is isolated from the specimen of a patient, the clinical microbiology…
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Antibiotic Resistance / Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)Antimicrobial Agents & AntibioticsAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) & AntibiogramCulture mediaMicrobe LabPharmaceutical Microbiology
Chromogenic culture media for detecting antimicrobial resistance mechanisms
by DrChikaChromatic Super CAZ/AVI Chromogenic medium for detecting Ceftazidime-avibactam resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Chromatic Super CAZ/AVI is…