This infographic explores the mechanisms by which bacteria evolve resistance, the scale of the global threat and the ...

Q-linea AB ( ($SE:QLINEA) ) has shared an update. Q-linea AB has achieved its first clinical implementations of the ASTar rapid antibiotic ...

Antibiotics have revolutionized medicine, saving countless lives by treating previously fatal bacterial infections with ease. Yet today, their power is in serious jeopardy. Every year in the United ...

Researchers at EPFL and Vrije Universiteit Brussel have developed a novel and highly efficient method for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using optical microscopy. The technique, called ...

The field of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and resistance detection is rapidly evolving to address the global threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. In recent years, a ...

In this interview, Dr. Denise Heaney discusses how molecular diagnostics are reshaping antimicrobial stewardship and ...

Applying a Novel Microplate Photometer for the Assessment of Bacterial Growth As commonly prescribed treatments for bacterial infection, antibiotics are substances or compounds that kill (bactericidal ...

In a striking demonstration of automated chemistry, researchers have used a robotic synthesis platform to rapidly generate ...

Investigators at the Israel Institute for Biological Research have developed a rapid AST that can be performed directly on blood and environmental soil samples. 2,3 In a recent study, the ...

“We have developed a technique in our laboratories that allows us to obtain an antibiogram within 2-4 hours – instead of the current 24 hours for the most common germs and one month for tuberculosis,” ...

A study conducted in nine European centres has demonstrated the efficacy of a new rapid test designed to detect infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The recent emergence and spread of ...

A new rapid test could improve treatment of urinary tract infections, by identifying the most effective antibiotic for each ...