The in vitro susceptibility of an infecting organism to the antimicrobial agent selected for therapy is one of several factors that influence the likelihood that therapy for an infection will be ...

CFU: Colony-forming unit; CLSI: Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute; EUCAST: European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; MEC: Minimum effective concentration; MIC: Minimum ...

The availability of reproducible antifungal susceptibility testing methods now permits analysis of data correlating susceptibility in vitro with outcome in vivo in order to define interpretive ...

Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) continue to cause considerable morbidity and mortality in patients with haematological malignancy. Diagnosis of IFD is difficult, with the sensitivity of the gold ...

bioMérieux has created a new Fungal Susceptibility Card for susceptibility testing of Candida species and Cryptococcus neoformans. The VITEK 2 ASTYS07 card includes a sixth antifungal agent, ...

A global wave of infections caused by fungi growing drug-resistant has the medical community issuing precautions on how to protect yourself. Skin contact with microorganisms found in soil or on hard ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test - Global Market Outlook (2019-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Antimicrobial Susceptibility ...

In silico genetic analysis in mice has led to the discovery of a gene affecting susceptibility to a severe fungal infection in transplant recipients. In a study published June 20th in the open-access ...

The VITEK 2 ASTYS07 card includes a sixth antifungal agent, micafungin, providing a valuable enhancement to antifungal susceptibility testing. Yeast infections have become a major cause of morbidity ...