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Antibiotics: is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important type of antibacterial agent for fighting bacterial infections. Antibiotic medications are widely used in the treatment and prevention of such infections. They may either kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.
OCT 09, 2020 | 8:00 AM
DATE: October 09, 2020 TIME: 08:00am PT Traditional culture techniques, as the primary diagnostic tool for infectious diseases, are coming under scrutiny for failing to universally detect in...
SEP 24, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: September 24th, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT Abstract body Learning Objectives: Review biochemistry and kinetics of PCT in primary and secondary bacterial infection Analyze PCT as a biomarker...
SEP 10, 2020 | 12:00 AM
The transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) to pathogenic microbes is a major concern in modern medicine. Antibiotic therapies are often rendered ineffective by horizontal acquisiti...
SEP 09, 2020 | 9:00 AM
Epidemics are occurring at an increasing pace and scale. Our laboratory group has developed platform technologies for discovery of broad and potent neutralizing antibodies for many emerging...
JUN 17, 2020 | 12:00 PM
The 2020 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to rage. While PCR-based assays are used for viral diagnosis, high through-put, rapid s...
JUN 09, 2020 | 10:00 AM
DATE: June 9, 2020 TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET The presentation will first discuss sepsis as a disease and then explain the importance of performing diagnostic tests in the clinical labora...
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...
