IV EDITION of ALIFAX INSIDE OUT WORKSHOP: Innovative Strategies for SEPSIS management and AMR Hybrid event 16 APRIL 2023 18.00-20.00 Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, Ørestads Blvd. 114 – 118, Copenaghen Danmark – (15 minutes walking from Congress center) This workshop will provide a unique opportunity for professionals in microbiology to learn about the latest…
Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing on positive blood cultures through an innovative light scattering technology: performances and turnaround time evaluation BMC Infectious Diseases https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4623-x Lidvine Boland†, Corentin Streel†, Hélène De Wolf, Hector Rodriguez and Alexia Verroken Background: A bacteremia diagnosis with speeded-up identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is mandatory to adjust empirical broad-spectrum antibiotherapy and…
Evaluation of a new Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility system for Gram-negative and Gram-positive bloodstream infections: speed and accuracy of Alfred 60AST BMC Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1654-9 Vanesa Anton-Vazquez1,3* , Samuel Adjepong2, Cristina Suarez1 and Timothy Planche1,2,3 Background: Blood stream infections (BSIs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The time from taking blood cultures to obtain…
Performance and potential clinical impact of Alfred60AST (Alifax®) for direct antimicrobial susceptibility testing on positive blood culture bottles European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03690-0 Bea Van den Poel1 & Philippe Meersseman2 & Yves Debaveye3 & Adrian Klak1 & Jan Verhaegen1,4 & Stefanie Desmet1,4 Abstract Rapid pathogen identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing…
Evaluation of the Alfred AST® system for rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing directly from positive blood cultures European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Carlos Sánchez-Carrillo, Paula Pescador, Rosa Ricote, Julia Fuentes, Carmen Losada, Ana Candela, Emilia Cercenado Servicio de Microbiología Clínica, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain Abstract To…