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Antibiotic Resistance Newsletter

With over 40 years of expertise in bacteriology, bioMérieux has long been committed to providing laboratories worldwide with fully adapted solutions for microbial identification (API®), detection of multi-resistant bacteria (chromID™ MRSA, ESBL, VRE), identification and detection of resistance phenotypes (VITEK® 2, VITEK 2 Compact), microbial genotying (DiversiLab®) and surveillance software (Vigiact™). This “IDENTIFYING RESISTANCE” newsletter focuses on the increasingly preoccupying public health issues of antibiotic resistance and healthcare associated infections (HAI). It aims to provide information ranging from topics by leading specialists to the most practical lab solutions.

April 2010 BE SMART Newsletter ECCMID Special Issue Integrated Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance Type : Newsletter ECCMID Special Issue (PDF) (1,456 KB)

December 2009 BE SMART Newsletter ESBL-Producing E.coli in the Community Type : Newsletter ESBL-Producing E.coli in the Community (PDF) (2,167 KB)

January 2009 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°8 The Gram-negative Threat - Patients at Risk? The Gram-negative Threat - Patients at Risk? (pdf) (722.1 KB)

March 2007 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°7 MRSA revisited MRSA revisited (pdf) (449.8 KB)

December 2006 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°6 Macrolides and related antibiotics Macrolides and related antibiotics (pdf) (423.2 KB)

February 2005 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°5 Antibiotics and S. pneumoniae Antibiotics and S. pneumoniae (pdf) (315.1 KB)

January 6th, 2004 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°4 ESBL Enterobacteriaceae   ESBL Enterobacteriaceae (pdf) (366.1 KB)

September 2002 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°3 Vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus   Vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus (506.9 KB)

January 2002 Identifying Resistance n°2 Glycopeptide resistance in enterococci   Glycopeptide resistance in enterococci (273.3 KB)

August 2001 Identifying Resistance Newsletter n°1 Why and how should we identify resistance?   Why and how should we identify resistance? (243.6 KB)

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