Point-Counterpoint: Should Clinical Microbiology Laboratories Report Vancomycin MICs?
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00239-21
Abstract: With numerous reported challenges to reporting MICs for vancomycin, clinical laboratories are attempting to identify accurate methods for MIC testing. However, the issues of poor reproducibility, accuracy, and clinical utility remain a challenge. In this… read more here.
Keywords: microbiology; clinical microbiology; reporting mics; mics vancomycin ... See more keywords
Point-Counterpoint: What Is the Optimal Approach for Detection of Clostridium difficile Infection?
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DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02463-16
Abstract: ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION In 2010, we published an initial Point-Counterpoint on the laboratory diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). At that time, nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) were just becoming commercially available, and the idea of… read more here.
Keywords: detection; diagnosis; point counterpoint; point ... See more keywords