Rapid Detection of Plasmid AmpC Beta-Lactamases by a Flow Cytometry Assay

Autor: Inês Martins-Oliveira, Blanca Pérez-Viso, Ana Silva-Dias, Rosário Gomes, Luísa Peixe, Ângela Novais, Rafael Cantón, Cidália Pina-Vaz

Publikováno v: Antibiotics, Vol 11, Iss 8, p 1130 (2022)

Plasmidic AmpC (pAmpC) enzymes are responsible for the hydrolysis of extended-spectrum cephalosporins but they are not routinely investigated in many clinical laboratories. Phenotypic assays, currently the reference methods, are cumbersome and cultur

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Potential Impact of Flow Cytometry Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing on the Clinical Management of Gram-Negative Bacteremia Using the FASTinov® Kit

Autor: Sofia Costa-de-Oliveira, Rita Teixeira-Santos, Ana P. Silva, Elika Pinho, Paulo Mergulhão, Ana Silva-Dias, Nádia Marques, Inês Martins-Oliveira, Acácio G. Rodrigues, José A. Paiva, Rafael Cantón, Cidália Pina-Vaz

Publikováno v: Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol 8 (2017)

Laboratory assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility is a prerequisite for adequate management of infections. The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance of the novel FASTinov® kit for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of Gram

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Evaluation of FASTinov Ultrarapid Flow Cytometry Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Directly from Positive Blood Cultures

Autor: Inês Martins-Oliveira, Rafael Cantón, Rosário Gomes, Acácio G. Rodrigues, Blanca Pérez-Viso, Ana Silva-Dias, Cidália Pina-Vaz

Publikováno v: J Clin Microbiol

The FASTinov flow cytometry kit, an ultrarapid antimicrobial susceptibility test, was directly evaluated on positive blood cultures (BC) at two sites: (i) FASTinov, S.A., in Porto, Portugal, using BC spiked with well-characterized bacteria, and (ii)

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34346718

Ultra-rapid flow cytometry assay for colistin MIC determination in Enterobacterales, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii

Autor: Cidália Pina-Vaz, Inês Martins-Oliveira, Rosário Gomes, Ana Silva-Dias, Acácio G. Rodrigues, Maria Helena Ramos, Blanca Pérez-Viso, Daniela Fonseca e Silva, Ferdinando F. Andrade, Rafael Cantón

Publikováno v: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal
Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Objectives: Both EUCAST and CLSI recommend broth microdilution for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of colistin, but this method is cumbersome and takes 16-24 h to give results. Our objective was to evaluate a rapid quantitative colistin MIC susc

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2020.08.019