Session Details

Laboratory Tests for Diagnosing Infection and Susceptibility Tests

Wednesday, 4 December 2002 09:00 -17:00

Grand Ballroom 1

Characterisation of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using the Automated RiboPrinter: Results from the AGAR 2000 Study
  • Jan Bell
  • Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Salmonella spp and Study of Selective Supplement in Selenite Broth
  • Ivica Zurak
  • Head to Head Evaluation of the BD Phoenix and Vitek-2 for Automated Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Staphylococci and Enterococci.
  • Stephen Neville, tephen.Neville@swsahs.nsw.gov.au
  • Ability of the Vitek-2 to Detect Reduced Susceptibility to Penicillin and Cefotaxime in Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus Pneumomiae.
  • Stephen Neville, (1) Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, S
  • Head to Head Evaluation of the BD Phoenix and Vitek-2 for Automated Identification and Susceptibility Testing of the Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.
  • Stephen Neville, (1) Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, S
  • Detection of Constitutive and Inducible Macrolide Resistance In Group B Streptococci (GBS) by Vitek 1 and Vitek 2
  • Martin Skulnick, Toronto Medical Lab/ Mt. Sinai Hospital Dept. of Microb
  • Katherine K Wong, Toronto Medical Lab/ Mt. Sinai Hospital Dept. of Microb
  • Routine Comparison of PHOENIX Identification with Conventional Method in Hong Kong
  • HK Leung, Queen Mary Hospital
  • Evaluation of Phoenix Automatic Microbiology System For Identification and Susceptibility Testing of Gram-Negative Pathogens
  • Thomas K W Ling, Department of Microbiology, The Chinese University of H
  • Evaluation of Detection Methods for the Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamase (ESBL) Producing Enterobacteriaceae Except for Escherichia Coli and Klebsiella spp.
  • Masanori Aihara, Tenri Hospital
  • Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase’s; Disc Diffusion Methods for Confirmation in the Routine Diagnostic Laboratory
  • Wayne M Monaghan, Queensland Health Pathology Service, Princess Alexandra
  • Leptospirosis – PCR Diagnosis and Potential Immunogenic Proteins
  • Shamala Devi, Dept of Medical Microbiology Faculty of Medicine, Unive
  • Monoclonal Anti-PrP for Prion Diagnostics
  • Fang F Yuan, Australian Red Cross Blood Service-NSW
  • Evaluation of Common Antibacterial Screening Methods Utilised in Essential Oil Research
  • Jennie R Hood, Charles Sturt University
  • Accuracy of a Bacteriophage-based Assay in the Rapid Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis
  • Anna Lynda T Bellen, Philippine General Hospital
  • Conception F Ang, Philippine General Hospital
  • A New Selective and Differential Medium for Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia cepacia
  • Alex L Francis, Microbiology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hospital Ku