Rapid laboratory tests are urgently required to inform antimicrobial use in food animals. Our
objective was to synthesize knowledge on the direct application of long-read metagenomic …

Identification of bacteria causing tissue infections can be comprehensive and, in the cases of
non-or slow-growing bacteria, near impossible with conventional methods. Performing …

The overall aim of the current study was to test the hypotheses that (i) antibiotic resistance in
bacteria were more frequent in clinically health pigs in intensified company owned, medium …

Current clinical diagnostic procedures have shortcomings in the differentiation of
Staphylococcus argenteus from Staphylococcus aureus. This article presents three cases of …

Background: There is an increasing use of assistive technology and interactive therapeutic
robots in nursing homes. However, little is known about the possible risks for transmitting …

Rapid nucleic acid amplification tests for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) diagnostics commonly target the mec resistance gene, genes specific for S. aureus …

A 22% increase in Staphylococcus aureus colonization was observed in Norwegian recruits
during first year of military service. The aim was to determine whether specific genotypes …

Metode C. difficile (CCUG 54206) ble dyrket på Braziers C. difficile selective agar (Oxoid Ltd,
Hampshire, England) i 10 dager for å fremme sporulering. En oppslemming av bakteriene i …

Den ser ut som et vanlig litt stort og mykt kosedyr, men er noe langt mer. Den japanske
interaktive roboten PARO (figur 1) har form av en søt liten selunge, men den har avanserte …