Rapid Molecular Screening for Gram-Negative Antimicrobial-Resistance Genes with Commercially Available Methods

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria threaten the well-being of many hospitalized patients and cause an added financial burden on health care systems. There is a particular challenge in identification of the antimicrobial-resistance phenotype for Gram-negative microbes, which are emerging as a serious global public health threat. Infections by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria are defined as those caused by bacteria with resistance to at least one agent in three or more antimicrobial categories.

Source: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - October 25, 2015 Category: Microbiology Authors: G. Terrance Walker, Tony J. Rockweiler, Rossio K. Kersey, Kelly L. Frye, Susan R. Mitchner, Douglas R. Toal, Julia Quan Source Type: news