A study published in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases reports a rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing method on urine samples. This method involves disc diffusion directly on urine samples achieving a shorter delay than standard methods for diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs). When diagnosing UTIs, classical laboratory methods require a minimum delay of 48 hours to identify the bacteria, obtain culture enumeration, and complete the antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
Decreasing this delay for obtaining antimicrobial susceptibility results would be a key to avoiding therapeutic failures in the context of bacterial resistance. Share your views! Source: Infectious Disease Advisor
