CLSI AST News Update | June 2018

CLSI's Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Outreach Working Group has published Volume 3, Issue 2 of their biannual AST News Update (Spring 2018).

Inside This Issue:

• Featured Article: Part 1
  New β-lactam combination agents for the treatment of Gram-negative bacterial infections: what the clinical microbiologist needs to know!
  By Stephanie L. Mitchell, University of Pittsburgh and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, and Romney M. Humphries, Accelerate Diagnostics
• Featured Article: Part 2
  Why all the fuss over quality control of β-lactam combination agents?
  By Janet A Hindler, UCLA Health System; Los Angeles County Department of Health
• Case Study:
  Cefazolin, Urine, and Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis: Entertaining Solutions for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and Reporting
  By Audrey N. Schuetz, Mayo Clinic, and Stella Antonara, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
• Burning Question:
  What Should Clinical Laboratorians Know About Gonorrhea in 2018?
  By Peera Hemarajata, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Angella Charnot-Katsikas, University of Chicago, and Sumanth Gandra, University of Chicago/NorthShore University Health System
• Hot Topic:
  It’s Enough to mec You Crazy!
  By Lars Westblade, Weill Cornell Medicine

You can view the entire AST News Update here.