background and objective: reliable methods of detection of antimicrobial resistance are of paramount importance in the treatment and management of infections caused by coagulase negative staphylococci (cons). the objective of the present study was to compare and evaluate the performance of disc diffusion and e test (epsilometer test) methods for antimicrobial testing of coagulase negative staph...

Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of microorganisms causing bloodstream infections or sepsis have the potential to improve patient care. This proof-of-principle study evaluates the Lysis-Filtration Method for identification as well as antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria directly from positive blood culture bottles in a clinical setting. A total of 100 no...

Early targeted antimicrobial therapy helps decrease costs and prevents the spread of antimicrobial resistance, including in Escherichia coli, the most frequent Gram-negative bacterium that causes sepsis. Therefore, rapid susceptibility testing represents the major prerequisite for knowledge-based successful antimicrobial treatment. To accelerate testing for antibiotic susceptibility, we have de...

background and objectives: the appearance of antibiotic resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae has raised a global concern over the past three decades. this study was conducted to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility of s. pneumoniae isolated from patients in children´s medical center (cmc) hospital during 2001 to 2011. materials and methods: during the 11 years period, a total of 194 s. ...

We concur with the conclusion of Hakanen et al. (A. Hakanen, P. Huovinen, P. Kotilainen, A. Siitunen, and H. Jousimies-Somer, Letter, J. Clin. Microbiol. 40:2705–2706, 2002) in that a global surveillance of Campylobacter spp. would be enhanced by the acceptance of a standardized antimicrobial susceptibility testing method including the identification of an appropriate quality control (QC) organ...

OBJECTIVES Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacterial isolates is essential for clinical diagnosis, to detect emerging problems and to guide empirical treatment. Current phenotypic procedures are sometimes associated with mistakes and may require further genetic testing. Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) may soon be within reach even for routine surveillance and clinical diagnostics. The aim...