Installation of HB&L at the National Medical Research Center. Academician Burdenko, Moscow Started another new study of HB&L analyzer at the National Medical Research Center. Academician Burdenko, Moscow. The purposes of the clinical evaluation are: Rapid screening of cerebrospinal fluid Rapid screening of urine Rapid formation of microorganism yield for further investigation and application,…
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…