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Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance: (AMR or AR) is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could successfully treat the microbe. The main term antibiotic resistance (AR or ABR) is a subset of AMR, as it applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics.
APR 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM
Purpose: Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is a Gram positive coccus which is part of the normal microbiota of the GI and GU tracts. However GBS is also a major cause of septicaemia and meningitis...
APR 29, 2020 | 6:00 AM
In order to emit less contaminants into the environment, and at the same time produce healthier foods that are free of those contaminants, all production systems should be investigated, i.e....
APR 23, 2020 | 7:30 AM
The development of automated DNA sequencers using fluorescent di-deoxy nucleotide sequencing and capillary electrophoresis made it possible to generate the first draft sequences of the human...
MAR 05, 2020 | 9:00 AM
Recommendations for key factors in testing and diagnosis of H. pylori infections to include information on appropriate patients for H.pylori testing, current testing options, post treatment...
MAR 03, 2020 | 9:00 AM
DATE: March 3, 2020 TIME: 9:00am PT, 12:00pm ET Despite the advances of new drugs and the lowering of carbapenem breakpoints to enhance detection of CRE, there should be no complacency about...
FEB 13, 2020 | 7:30 PM
DATE: February 14, 2020 TIME: 11:30am SGT, 2:30pm AET Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the health and safety of the world’s population. The World Health Organisation rec...
FEB 13, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: February 13, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PST Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to the health and safety of the world’s population. The World Health Organisation recognizes fast...
FEB 13, 2020 | 1:00 AM
DATE: February 13, 2020 TIME: 10:00am CET...
OCT 29, 2019 | 9:00 AM
DATE: October 29, 2019TIME: 09:00am PDTTrichomonas vaginalis and Mycoplasma genitalium are common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) yet are not as well studied or understood as gon...
SEP 12, 2019 | 10:30 AM
The emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria and resistance mechanisms pose a serious challenge to laboratories in both hospital clinical microbiology and public health...
SEP 11, 2019 | 10:30 AM
In contrast to other countries in Latin America, Peru had been notoriously spared by the global dissemination of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-Kp) until recently. Isolated ca...
SEP 11, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Antibiotics have radically transformed our world by making previously incurable illnesses treatable. Millions of lives have been saved and our wellbeing significantly improved as a result. Th...