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List of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” according to WHO

February 27, 2017 Acharya Tankeshwar 4

This post was most recently updated on March 26th, 2019World Health Organization (WHO) today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose the greatest […]

Pneumococcal Urinary Antigen Testing (UAT): Principle, Procedure and Results

February 24, 2017 Acharya Tankeshwar 0

Streptococcus pneumoniae is one of the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Pneumococcal pneumonia has a mortality rate of > 30%, depending on bacteremia, age and underlying diseases. When not properly diagnosed and treated, S. […]