Detecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be difficult. In particular, the absence of FDA-cleared automated antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices that use revised Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae and the lack of active surveillance tests hamper the clinical laboratory. In this issue of the Journal of Cli...

The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute susceptibility method prohibits the use of pharmacy preparations, but obtaining pure powders is difficult. The activity of natamycin against isolates of Aspergillus and Fusarium species isolated from keratitis was assessed by using both powder and pharmacy eye drop preparations. Eye drop preparations may be a viable option for testing natamycin ac...

Detecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be difficult. In particular, the absence of FDA-cleared automated antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices that use revised Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae and the lack of active surveillance tests hamper the clinical laboratory. In this issue of the Journal of Cli...

National Research Council Canada, Institute for National Measurement Standards, Ottawa ON, Canada K1A 0R9. E-mail: [email protected]; Fax: 01 613 993 2451; Tel: 01 613 993 6395 National Institute for Standards and Technology, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD, USA Laboratory for Isotope and Trace Element Research Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Domin...

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background candida species are normal microflora of  oral cavity, vagina, and gastrointestinal  tract. they are the third most prevalent cause of pediatric health care–associated  bloodstream fungal infection. this study aimed to provide an epidemiological feature of candidiasis and also presents an antifungal susceptibility profile of clinical candida isolates among children. materials and met...

background and objectives: pseudomonas aeruginosa is a frequent opportunistic pathogen in health care associated infections that is highly resistant to the majority of β-lactams. the aims of this study were to access the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of p. aeruginosa isolated from educational hospitals of qazvin and alborz provinces, to determine the prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase (mb...

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