A new method of rapidly identifying which bacteria are causing an infection and determining whether they are resistant or sensitive to antibiotics has been developed by researchers. ‘Clinical use of ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing medical problem that threatens human health globally. One important contributory factor in the development of resistance is the incorrect use of antibiotics for ...

Lack of quick, surefire ways to determine whether a patient infection is being caused by bacteria that won’t be susceptible to antibiotics makes it difficult for clinicians to determine when ...

The University of Kentucky Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) recently announced the availability of a new antibiotic susceptibility method (Broth Microdilution Method), which provides ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global concern that threatens our ability to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and ...

Metagenomic libraries have been prepared to screen for the presence of antibiotic resistance genes in tiny environmental samples. Scientists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of ...

Pune: Doctors at the microbiology department of BJ Medical College have found a new method to examine susceptibility of colistin, a ‘last resort' anti.

Being a cationic dye, crystal violet can be used to stain negatively charged polymers such as DNA 18 and cell walls of bacteria, the latter of which is partially the basis of Gram staining to ...

Researchers have developed a new method for very rapidly determining whether infection-causing bacteria are resistant or susceptible to antibiotics. Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a ...