Infectious keratitis (IK) represents the leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide,
particularly in developing countries. A good outcome of IK is contingent upon timely and …

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 …

Toward combating infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria, there remains an
unmet need for diagnostic tools that can broadly identify the causative bacteria and …

Rapid bacterial antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) and minimum inhibitory concentration
(MIC) measurement are important to help reduce the widespread misuse of antibiotics and …

Clinical microbiology has always been a slowly evolving and conservative science. The sub-
field of bacteriology has been and still is dominated for over a century by culturebased …

Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) would decrease misuse and overuse of
antibiotics. The “holy grail” of AST is a phenotype‐based test that can be performed within a …

Empiric broad‐spectrum antimicrobial treatments of urinary tract infections (UTIs) have
contributed to widespread antimicrobial resistance. Clinical adoption of evidence‐based …

Accurate and timely diagnostics are critical for managing bacterial infections. The current
gold standard, culture-based diagnostics, can provide clinicians with comprehensive …

In the face of looming threats from multi-drug resistant microorganisms, there is a growing
need for technologies that will enable rapid identification and drug susceptibility profiling of …

Infections with organisms that are resistant to various anti-microbial agents pose a serious
challenge to effective management of infections. Resistance to antimicrobial agents, which …