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The continued use of first-generation antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and their usually pronounced intra- and inter-individual variability, have made AEDs among the most common medications for which therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is performed. As the most cost-effective, rational and clinically useful methodologies are being pursued for TDM interventions, suitable sampling alternatives (e.g. dried blood samples and […]

Fosfomycin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic used as empirical treatment for uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), of which Escherichia coli is the most common cause. To rapidly detect fosfomycin-resistant E. coli isolates and consequently improve patients’ treatment and management, we have developed the Rapid Fosfomycin/E. coli NP test, a rapid, easy-to-perform, specific and sensitive diagnostic test. […]