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Drug-susceptibility Testing in TB: Current Status and Future Prospects

For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately 5% of all TB cases worldwide. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ...
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Novel method can test multi-drug resistant bacteria’s susceptibility to antibiotics in clinical setting

The recent emergence of bacterial infections that are resistant to many existing antibiotics is driving an urgent need for tools to quickly identify the small number of therapies that are still ...
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Pharmacogenomic Biomarkers of Susceptibility to Adverse Drug Reactions: Just Around the Corner or Pie in the Sky?

Steps in the Development & Utilization of Genomic Biomarkers for ADRs Necessary steps in the pathway for development and utilization of pharmacogenomic biomarkers for ADRs begin with observation of ...
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing

In a paper published online this week the scientists reported the development of a rapid susceptibility test for Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that causes some 60 percent of hospital-acquired ...