Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Using Laser Speckle Technology

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is key to support clinical decision regarding bacterial infectious diseases treatment. In particular, it is applied to direct the most appropriate antimicrobial therapy to assure its success and thus prevent infection related health complications or even de...

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Main Author: Pereira, Sónia Gonçalves (author)
Other Authors: Verdugo, Juan (author), Fonseca-Pinto, Rui (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/7381
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:iconline.ipleiria.pt:10400.8/7381
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Summary:Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is key to support clinical decision regarding bacterial infectious diseases treatment. In particular, it is applied to direct the most appropriate antimicrobial therapy to assure its success and thus prevent infection related health complications or even death. In addition, AST is very important to prevent the emergence of bacterial antimicrobial resistance and the spread of multi-resistant bacteria.