Microbial Sensitivity Tests

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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization–Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Use with Positive Blood Cultures: Methodology, Performance, and Optimization
Matthew L. Faron, Blake W. Buchan, Nathan A. Ledeboer
Bacteriology
Detection of Colistin-Resistant MCR-1-Positive Escherichia coli by Use of Assays Based on Inhibition by EDTA and Zeta Potential
Fernanda Esposito, Miriam R. Fernandes, Ralf Lopes, Maria Muñoz, Caetano P. Sabino, Marcos P. Cunha, Ketrin C. Silva, Rodrigo Cayô, Willames M. B. S. Martins, Andrea M. Moreno, Terezinha Knöbl, Ana C. Gales, Nilton Lincopan
Bacteriology
Rapid Nanopore Sequencing of Plasmids and Resistance Gene Detection in Clinical Isolates
Jamie K. Lemon, Pavel P. Khil, Karen M. Frank, John P. Dekker
Letter to the Editor
Improved Bactec MGIT 960 Pyrazinamide Test Decreases Detection of False Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pyrazinamide Resistance
Alessandro Mustazzolu, Angelo Iacobino, Federico Giannoni, Claudio Piersimoni, the Italian Multicentre Study on Resistance to Antituberculosis Drugs (SMIRA) Group, Lanfranco Fattorini
Letter to the Editor
Comparison of Automated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Systems To Detect mecC-Positive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Camille Kolenda, Céline Dupieux, Jean-Winoc Decousser, Anders Rhod Larsen, Bruno Pichon, Mark Holmes, Michèle Bès, Christopher Teale, Elizabeth Dickson, Robert Hill, Robert Skov, Angela Kearns, Frédéric Laurent
Letter to the Editor
A Triple-Disk Enrichment Method for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Screening
Lauren A. Darling, Ann M. Evans, Kathleen A. Stellrecht, Seela M. Nattanmai, Clemente I. Montero
Letter to the Editor
Evaluation of the β-Lacta Test for Detection of Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase (ESBL)-Producing Organisms Directly from Positive Blood Cultures by Use of Smudge Plates
Maan Hasso, Vanessa Porter, Andrew E. Simor
Mycobacteriology and Aerobic Actinomycetes
Performance of the Abbott RealTime MTB and MTB RIF/INH Assays in a Setting of High Tuberculosis and HIV Coinfection in South Africa
Lesley Scott, Anura David, Lara Noble, Matilda Nduna, Pedro Da Silva, Andrew Black, Francois Venter, Wendy Stevens
Commentary
The Poisoned Well: Enhancing the Predictive Value of Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in the Era of Multidrug Resistance
Thea Brennan-Krohn, Kenneth P. Smith, James E. Kirby
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Bacteriology
Modified Carbapenem Inactivation Method for Phenotypic Detection of Carbapenemase Production among Enterobacteriaceae
Virginia M. Pierce, Patricia J. Simner, David R. Lonsway, Darcie E. Roe-Carpenter, J. Kristie Johnson, William B. Brasso, April M. Bobenchik, Zabrina C. Lockett, Angella Charnot-Katsikas, Mary Jane Ferraro, Richard B. Thomson, Stephen G. Jenkins, Brandi M. Limbago, Sanchita Das

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