What is antimicrobial resistance? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ability of a micro-organism to resist antimicrobial treatment.1,2 Wh...

November 18, 2020
News, AMR

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

November 11, 2020
News, 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...

October 15, 2020
News, COVID-19

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

September 21, 2020
News, 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 (...

September 17, 2020
News, COVID-19

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

September 11, 2020
News, 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...

September 7, 2020
News, 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...

September 4, 2020
News, COVID-19