From microbiology to antimicrobial stewardship
How microbiological diagnosis, result interpretation, resistance surveillance, antimicrobial use and evaluation of clinical and economic outcomes fit together.
Microbiology
5SEMD 256: microbiology report
An overview of SEMD 256 for microbiology results, with the implementation guide and its technical files available for download.
EUCAST: from genotype to susceptibility phenotype
EUCAST has published an updated assessment of whole-genome sequencing for predicting bacterial antimicrobial susceptibility. We examine how far genotype can replace phenotype today and why linking both types of data is increasingly important.
NSI dictionaries for antibiogram exchange
A practical index of Russian Ministry of Health NSI dictionaries for coding microorganisms, antimicrobial agents, susceptibility results, and antimicrobial resistance markers.
The Cost of Errors in Microbiology
How susceptibility testing accuracy, prescribing errors, and AMR diagnostics translate into measurable economic losses–and why even a 10% error rate can cost millions of rubles.