Your doctor might order an antibiotic sensitivity test to find the best treatment for you when you have an infection. It helps determine both the appropriate antibiotic and dosage that you need to ...

The new technique, known as Optical Nanomotion Detection (ONMD), is an extremely rapid, label-free, and single-cell sensitive method to test for antibiotic sensitivity. ONMD requires only a ...

A sensitivity analysis is a test that determines the “sensitivity” of bacteria to an antibiotic. It also determines the ability of the drug to kill the bacteria. The results from the test can ...

DxUpClose said its electronic sensor product screens for specific bacteria, counts the bacteria that are there and performs antibiotic-sensitivity tests. The product then securely sends a list of ...

has approved the PhenoTest BC Kit (Accelerate), the first test to identify pathogenic bacteria commonly associated with bacteremia and provide antibiotic sensitivity results. The PhenoTest BC Kit ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when ...

Antibiotic sensitivity testing (AST) uses culture methods that expose bacteria to antibiotics, or genetic methods to determine if bacteria possesses genes that confer resistance. Typical ASTs last ...