CirrusDx Now Offers Susceptibility Testing for Blujepa® (gepotidacin), a Recently Approved Antibiotic for Urinary Tract Infections

CirrusDx, Inc. (CirrusDx), an infectious disease laboratory and diagnostics company, today announced it now offers ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Three Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests Approved for Baxdela

The newly cleared ASTs include: Hardy Diagnostics' Delafloxacin Antimicrobial Susceptibility Disk (HardyDisk), Liofilchem Delafloxacin MIC Test Strip (MTS), and Thermo Scientific Sensititre MIC System ...
RAPS

Antimicrobial Susceptibility: FDA Launches Test Website, Issues Guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday launched a new website aimed at improving access to information that can help healthcare professionals determine which drugs are most likely to ...
Medscape

Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Shows No Clear Benefit in Gram-Negative Bacteremia

In a multinational randomized trial, rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) shortened the time to antibiotic modification in patients with gram-negative bacteremia but did not improve the ...
Tech.eu

iFAST Diagnostics bags £5M to speed up infection testing and tackle antimicrobial resistance

The company's rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing platform can deliver results in under three hours, helping hospitals ...
News Medical

Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility test could deliver results from lab to GPs in under two hours

The threat of antibiotic-resistant strains of infection is an escalating global health concern and improved targeting of antibiotics is crucial in reducing the spread of resistance. Current ...
Nature

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in Clinical Microbiology

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is a fundamental component of modern clinical microbiology that informs therapeutic decisions and underpins surveillance of antimicrobial resistance. AST ...