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  1. October 08, 2024

    Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales and the key to rapid phenotypic detection

    Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) refers to a group of bacteria within the Enterobacterales order that have developed resistance to carbapenem antibiotics. Carbapenems are a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics used as a last-resort treatment for serious infections caused by multi-drug-resistant bacteria.

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  2. September 09, 2024

    Reducing Risk with Strep B Carrot Broth™: Combatting Newborn GBS Infections

    The birthrate in the United States has hit a new record low, according to an analysis of 2023 birth certificate data published this past spring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Last year’s slowdown marks an end to the uptick in new babies that began during...

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  3. September 03, 2024

    Mpox Outbreak Classified as Global Public Health Emergency

    On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the most recent mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, outbreak in Africa is a global health emergency. “This is something that should concern us all ... The potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

    To aid in the testing procedures...

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  4. May 21, 2024

    Pan-Resistant Candida auris

    The CDC attributes the rise in C. auris cases during the height of the pandemic as a result of inadequate staffing, supply shortages, the increased number of seriously ill patients, and changes in infection prevention and control practices. The CDC encourages all U.S. laboratories that identify C. auris to notify their state or local public health authorities. ...

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  5. March 04, 2024

    The Colorful History of Chromogenic Media

    The benefits of using chromogenic media include faster results, reliable visual detection and additional testing is possible directly from the media. Compared with the use of conventional culture media, this often results in cost savings from reduced labor time and reduced use of reagents as fewer biochemical and/or serological confirmation tests are required...

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  6. February 05, 2024

    Mastering the Kirby-Bauer Technique: From Zones to Results

    The purpose of the Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion susceptibility test is to determine the in vitro susceptibility of bacteria and fungi to various antimicrobial compounds. It is a standardized test that can be performed in a laboratory setting and is a valuable tool for both clinicians and microbiologists...

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  7. January 12, 2024

    Cases of Group A Streptococcus Continue to Climb

    We began to see an increase in the number of strep throat cases in beginning in late spring of 2023, not only in pediatric patients, but adults as well. Now in December, cases of Group A Streptococcus (GAS) continue to rise. During one newscast out of the Midwest, some physicians say 2023 was the worst year for strep throat that they can remember...
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  8. January 04, 2024

    Training Guide for NG-Test® CARBA 5

    Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales or CRE, are a group of gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to “last line” antibiotics and are very challenging to treat. These microorganisms may confer their resistance via the production of a carbapenemase, an enzyme that inactivates carbapenem antibiotics.

    The five most common types of carbapenemases are KPC,...

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  9. November 01, 2023

    New Antimicrobials for Difficult-to-Treat Pathogens: Sulbactam-Durlobactam and Rezafungin

    Healthcare professionals face a constant challenge with ever-evolving bacterial and fungal infections. Multidrug-resistant pathogens threaten the efficacy of existing treatments and highlight the need for new antimicrobial therapies. These microorganisms are typically resistant to the majority of antimicrobial agents, including carbapenems, making them difficult to treat. The Centers for Disease Control...

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  10. September 30, 2022

    Candida auris - A Deadly Form of Yeast

    Emerging hand in hand with the Pandemic...

    A new 2022 special report from the CDC is sounding the alarm that antimicrobial resistance to some of the most concerning bacteria and fungi significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic (1) One such highly drug resistant yeast noted in the report is Candida...

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  11. March 06, 2020

    COVID-19 Sample Collection Kits for Upper Respiratory Tract Specimens

    Due to the recent 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we have
    been getting many inquiries about what type of swabs, media, and kits
    should be used for COVID-19 sample collection prior to testing. Below we
    have a short guide on which COPAN products meet the Centers for Disease
    Control and Prevention (CDC) Interim...

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  12. February 05, 2020

    CDC Recommends Nasopharyngeal Swabs AND Oropharyngeal Swabs as Suitable for Upper Respiratory Tract Specimens for Investigations of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

    COPAN announces a kit that pairs 3mL of UTM® universal viral transport medium and two FLOQSwabs™: one minitip and one regular flocked swab.


    MURRIETA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 30th...

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  13. April 06, 2018

    67 Lives a Day; How Carrot Broth is Changing Public Health.

    While GBS screenings are the standard in the US and in Europe, there are still parts of the world where the 1 in 5 women globally who carry GBS may not receive screening or treatment. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a study led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, involving more than 100 researchers who published a series of 11 research papers reporting on GBS occurances...

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  14. September 15, 2017

    Saving a Baby One Broth at a Time

    My wife is eight months pregnant and her due date is creeping ever closer with each passing day. In this last month, many preparations are being made in our home. We have assembled the cradle, put away the copious amount of clothes our generous parents have given us (it's our first child), and the house has never been so clean. My wife is also making her own personal preparations. She is eating extremely...

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  15. April 17, 2017

    No Proteus? No Problem!

    In 1968, Hektoen Enteric (HE) Agar was introduced by the Hektoen Institute of Chicago. HE agar is a selective and differential agar used for the culture of Salmonella and Shigella from patient stool samples. HE agar contains indicators of lactose fermentation and hydrogen sulfide production, while possessing inhibitors to prevent the growth of Gram-positive bacteria....

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