In recent years, there has been a growing interest in researching and developing new
antimicrobial agents from various sources to combat microbial resistance. Therefore, a …

Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the most-significant health care problems of
the new millennium, and the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central role in …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is performed daily on bacterial isolates in clinical
laboratories. The techniques employed are often taken for granted. This paper traces the …

The emergence of multiresistant bacteria directly impacts on the search for new compounds
with antimicrobial activity, and it is important the improvement of new techniques are able to …

The defining property of an antibacterial agent is its ability to selectively interfere with
bacterial growth and/or survival. Consequently, a considerable and crucial part of the …

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is essential for guiding the treatment of many types of
bacterial infections, especially in the current context of rising rates of antibiotic resistance …

Bactericidal testing has been used for several decades as a guide for antimicrobial therapy
of serious infections. Such testing is most frequently performed when bactericidal …

Antibiotics are the chemotherapeutic agents that kill or inhibit the pathogenic
microorganisms. Resistance of microorganism to antibiotics is a growing problem around …

The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) obtained from the susceptibility testing of
various bacteria to antibiotics were determined by a colorimetric microbial viability assay …

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most worrying threats to humankind with extremely
high healthcare costs associated. The current technologies used in clinical microbiology to …