How Important Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test is ?
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing is a procedure, which is used to determine for specific organism or group of organisms are susceptible to an antibiotic. For the examining the antimicrobial susceptibility the most widely used testing methods are broth microdilution or rapid automated instrument methods. These methods are commercially used and marketed with materials and devices.
Taking decisions in medical field remains challenging despite the unprecedented advances in technology over the past several decades. This is most apparent when it comes to empirical and targeted treatment with antibiotics. Years of antibiotic misuse and overuse have led to global resistance and the rise of new bacterial resistance threats that defy treatment with conventional therapies.
An important task of the clinical microbiology laboratory is the performance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of significant bacterial isolates. The goals of testing are to detect possible drug resistance in common pathogens and to assure susceptibility to drugs of choice for particular infections. The most widely used testing methods include broth microdilution or rapid automated instrument methods that use commercially marketed materials and devices.
Demand for antimicrobial susceptibility testing is anticipated to grow due to the key factors such as extensive biotechnological research, developments in the healthcare industry and rise in the number of start-up companies. The advancement in technology are likely to open up the opportunities to develop innovative techniques with applications of the biotechnology.
Some of the key players operating in the antimicriobial susceptibility testing sector include, BD, Beckman Coulter, Inc. (Subsidiary of Danaher Corporation), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Merck KGaA, bioMĂ©rieux SA, Conda and Creative Diagnostics.