What is antimicrobial resistance? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ability of a micro-organism to resist antimicrobial treatmen...

18. November 2020
Nachrichten, AMR

Annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18.-24.11.2020) is a week under the theme “United to preserve antimicrobials”. This week is dedic...

11. November 2020
Nachrichten, AMR

Global Handwashing Day is 15th of October. The aim of the day is to raise global awareness on the importance of handwashing with water and s...

15. Oktober 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19

The serological response to SARS-2 virus is individual. In general, the antibody levels increase fast after the infection. Most persons with...

21. September 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19

It’s good to remember that respiratory symptoms are not always of SARS-CoV2. CRP is a good indicator of severity of respiratory infections (...

17. September 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19

The current COVID-19 pandemic appears to have accelerated the threat of antimicrobial resistance, as many patients in the hospitals displayi...

11. September 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19

“A corona score“ including CRP was developed for rapid and efficient triage of COVID -19 status in emergency department patients in the Neth...

7. September 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19

Antibody tests have an important role in COVID-19 diagnostics although they are not the first tool for a patient presenting with recent star...

4. September 2020
Nachrichten, COVID-19