Category Archives: Module-basic microbiology and AMR

Antibiotic resistance and prescribing presentation & quiz- Year 5 UPNG

Posted on February 16, 2017 by mdjkf

Here is a copy of the presentation from the session given to year 5 Medicine students, February 2017 : year-5-presentation-ferguson-2017-b.  Please send me your comments or further questions or put down a comment on this web posting! Here are the pre-session … Continue reading →

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Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease – recent short NEJM review

Posted on December 23, 2016 by mdjkf

Short interesting review of this cutting edge topic for your December delectation!    “Human-associated microbes have primarily been viewed through the lens of a single species and its environment. Advances in culture independent technologies have shown the enormous diversity, functional … Continue reading →

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How well is your lab performing antimicrobial susceptibility testing?

Posted on January 3, 2016 by mdjkf

Production of reliable AST results is critical for clinicians and their patients. AST results enable correct antibiotic therapy to be directed against the specific pathogen(s). Please review this brief presentations from our bacteriology scientist Fiona Oehme.  EUCAST AST Quality Control F Courtney 2016 … Continue reading →

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