15 research outputs found
Rapid culture and identification: a practical method for early preliminary laboratory diagnosis of sepsis
ABSTRACTThis study describes the development of a method for rapid preliminary species identification of bacteria from positive blood culture vials. The method yielded preliminary identification results for 496 (92%) of 541 positive blood cultures within 5 h. The method was capable of identifying the most frequently isolated bacteria (i.e., Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative staphylococci, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Enterococcus spp.) to the species level. The method can be established easily, with a materials cost of 2–5 Euros per sample
A Call for Action: The Application of the International Health Regulations to the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Stephen Harbarth and colleagues argue that the International Health Regulations
(IHR) should be applied to the global health threat of antimicrobial
resistance