VITEK 2 Yeast AST System: Introduction, Name of Card, Principle, Procedure, Result-Interpretation, and Keynotes

VITEK 2 AST-YS08-Yeast Indentification Card

Introducton The VITEK 2 Yeast AST system is a fully automated solution for the quantitative determination of antifungal susceptibility in clinically significant yeasts, such as Candida species. It provides rapid and accurate results, often in as little as 13 to 24 hours. Name of Card …

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SIRE Supplement: Introduction, Composition and Function, Uses, and Keynotes

A 20 ml vial of BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 SIRE supplement, designed for drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Introduction The BACTEC™ MGIT™ 960 SIRE Supplement is an essential enrichment used specifically for drug susceptibility testing (DST) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the BD BACTEC™ MGIT™ automated system.  The SIRE supplement is part of the MGIT™ 960 SIRE Kit. It is added to MGIT™ tubes along with specific first-line anti-TB drugs …

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