Tag Archive: Antibiotic Resistance
Stanley Staphylococcus
November 15, 2018
Dear Stanley, I see it’s World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW), and I want to promote awareness at my lab. Does Microbiologics have any useful tools for labs that want to take action? Thanks, Cheryl, Portland, OR Dear Cheryl, You are…
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Karla Fjeld
May 17, 2018
The global spread of antibiotic resistant sexually transmitted diseases (STD) has received increased attention over the past several years from health institutes including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These organizations are…
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Clinical Micro, Microbiology
Antibiotic Resistance, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, CDC, Multidrug Resistant Organisms, N. gonorrhoeae, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, NIAID, STD, STI, WHO
Microbiologics
November 17, 2016
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are raising awareness about the global threat posed by antibiotic resistance. You can follow the conversation by using #GetSmartWeek and #AntibioticResistance on Facebook and Twitter. Test…
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Microbiologics
September 22, 2016
For years, health organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that antibiotic resistance is a major global threat. The Review on Antimicrobial Resistance estimates that at least 700,000 people…
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microbiologics
November 23, 2015
Written By: Robert C. Jerris, Ph.D. D (ABMM) Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA A simple tubing trip down a rushing river; an encounter with a rock resulting in a small abrasion on the knee; a…
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Microbiology
Acinetobacter spp., Antibiotic Resistance, Campylobacter spp., Clostridium difficile, Enterobacteriaceae, ESBL, Neisseria gonorrheae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Tuberculosis, VRE