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Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Hospitalized...
18 Nov 2019
Acinetobacter baumannii is recognized as a source of global outbreaks and epidemics especially due to its increasing resistance to commercially available antibiotics. In this study, 69 single patient multidrug resistant...
Download PDFFirst Report of blaNDM and blaOXA-58 Coexistence in Acinetobacter junii
18 Nov 2019
This study reports the isolation of an A. junii strain that was resistant to all β-lactam antibiotics, including the carbapenems, and the aminoglycosides. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of the coexis...
Download PDFGPT2 mutations cause developmental encephalopathy with microcephaly and features of complicated here...
18 Nov 2019
This study presents five patients from two consanguineous families with Palestinian ancestry with a novel homozygous stop mutation in GPT2.
Download PDFEvaluation of Meropenem, Imipenem and Ertapenem Impregnated MacConkey Agar Plates for the Detection...
18 Nov 2019
In this study, the evaluation of cost effective MacConkey Agar plates impregnated with one of the carbapenems (meropenem, imipenem and ertapenem) for the detection of CRE’s is reported. In addition, the specificity, anal...
Download PDFComparison between Pernasal Flocked Swabs and Nasopharyngeal Aspirates for Detection of Common Respi...
18 Nov 2019
In this prospective study we compared the use of pernasal flocked swab samples with the use of nasopharyngeal aspirate (NPA) samples for the detection of respiratory viruses from 455 children less than 5 years of age.
Download PDFM40-A2, Quality Control of Microbiological Transport Systems; Approved Standards–Second Edition
18 Nov 2019
This document provides criteria to assist manufacturers and end users of transport devices in providing and selecting dependable products for the transport of microbiological clinical specimen.
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