susceptibility testing

sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty test·ing

the determination of the ability of an antibiotic to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria.

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Automated and semi-automated methods for antifungal susceptibility testing have been developed by the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) which are simple, affordable and easy to perform.11,12 There is a fully automated commercial method called Vitek 2 antifungal susceptibility system that indicates yeast growth spectrophotometrically.13

Determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations of various antifungal agents in clinical isolates of Candida species

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is normally carried out in hospital laboratories and results take 2-3 days to arrive back with a GP.

University of Bristol: New patient test could tell GPs if infections are antibiotic resistant in under two hours

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)--European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) (5), Enterobacteriaceae, P.

Retrospective Evaluation of Colistin-Resistant Isolates in Automated System by Gradient Diffusion Method and Broth Microdilution Method/Otomatize Sistemde Kolistin Direnci Saptanan Izolatlarin Gradyan Difuzyon Yontemi ve Sivi Mikrodilusyon Yontemiyle Retrospektif Olarak Degerlendirilmesi

Standardised of inoculum is a main problem in DAST, so it has been criticised by American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BASC), and the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST) (2).

Comparision of Direct Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing with Standard Testing in Blood Culture

Drug susceptibility testing from isolates of 1270 TB patients were carried out by standard drug proportion method.

Drug Resistant Tuberculosis: Pattern Seen among Patients Visiting Mayo Hospital, Lahore

Antifungal susceptibility testing of Malassezia yeast: comparison of two different methodologies.

In vitro antifungal susceptibility of Malassezia spp. to azole drugs

Susceptibility testing of PZA requires using acidified culture media; the pH must be sufficiently low to allow for good PZA activity while not being so low as to inhibit bacterial growth solely on the basis of acidity.

Using Reduced Inoculum Densities of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MGIT Pyrazinamide Susceptibility Testing to Prevent False-Resistant Results and Improve Accuracy: A Multicenter Evaluation

Breast and ovarian cancer based predictive testing accounted for the largest share owing to the rising use of susceptibility testing for BRCA mutations cancer prediction.

Predictive Genetic Testing and Consumer/Wellness Genomics Market to Reach USD 4.6bn by 2025, Research and Markets Forecasts

Susceptibility testing should be done after failure of two treatments and rescue therapy should be based on susceptibility testing.

UBT was the best option to assess for H. Pylori eradication-Varocha Mahachai

The company's technology and product portfolio for human and veterinary antibiotic resistance and specialty susceptibility testing further expands Bruker's microbiology business, which is based on rapid, broad-based microbial identification using Bruker's market-leading Maldi Biotyper (MBT) platform for proteomic fingerprinting.

Bruker Expands Microbiology Offerings with Acquisition of Merlin Diagnostika

Lehours, "Helicobacter pylori detection and antimicrobial susceptibility testing," Clinical Microbiology Reviews, vol.