The field of antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and resistance detection is rapidly evolving to address the global threat posed by antimicrobial resistance. In recent years, a ...
For 2007, the WHO estimated 511,000 cases of multidrug-resistant (MDR)-TB, representing approximately 5% of all TB cases worldwide. Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB) strains have been detected in at ...
NEW YORK – Danaher subsidiary Cepheid announced on Tuesday that its Xpert MTB/XDR test for tuberculosis drug resistance has been awarded prequalification status by the World Health Organization.