Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
“Antimicrobial resistance is a global health emergency that will seriously jeopardize progress in modern medicine.” - Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General, WHO.
Thermo Scientific products for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) can help clinicians, veterinarians, food scientists, and public health officials determine pathogen antimicrobial susceptibility patterns while supporting global and regional antimicrobial stewardship. From manual disc diffusion to automated instrumentation with true minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results, our powerful, comprehensive testing solutions help you achieve accurate, reliable, consistent results and optimized workflows.
The Thermo Scientific Sensititre System lets you combine manual, semi-automated, and fully automated tests within a single integrated AST platform using broth microdilution (BMD), the gold standard for AST accuracy.¹ With over 300 antimicrobials available, including the latest on the market, on both standard and customizable MIC plates, the Sensititre System allows you to consolidate confirmatory tests while meeting FDA, CLSI, and EUCAST breakpoint requirements.
Capabilities
Accurate, reliable, consistent AST
Whether you prefer manual or automated testing using discs or plates, Thermo Scientific tests have excelled in independent validation studies.
Manual and automated options
Custom plate development
Choose from over 300 antimicrobials to design a Sensititre Custom Plate tailored to your formulary, dilution ranges, and patient population.
The latest antimicrobials
Our close collaboration with leading pharmaceutical companies gives you early access to new antimicrobial drugs on multiple AST devices and formats.
Fulfill stewardship mandates
Featured content
Guiding treatment decisions for the critically ill- when is a true MIC not a true MIC?
Without accurate, actionable minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) data, clinicians may be working in the dark – but despite the MIC result’s significant potential impact on patient care, there is still uncertainty around the best way to generate it. Download our latest white paper to hear directly from the experts on the impact of definitive MIC results on therapeutic treatment decisions and patient care.
Introducing the only FDA-cleared automated assay for rezafungin susceptibility testing of Candida spp.
Consolidate your antifungal susceptibility testing onto a single format and provide MIC results for more antimicrobials, including rezafungin, to clinicians when considering treatment options for candidemia and invasive candidiasis.
Explore our wide range of standard MIC plates and antimicrobials
Choose from our comprehensive selection of standard MIC plates for Gram positive, Gram negative, yeast and fastidious organisms, as well as veterinary and surveillance plates. Or, design your own custom plate tailored to your formulary. Our latest Sensititre Plate Guide includes everything you need to get to know the Sensititre System.
Regulatory status varies by product and region. Please consult individual product pages.
¹Jayol A, Nordmann P, André C, Poirel L, Dubois V. Evaluation of three broth microdilution systems to determine colistin susceptibility of Gram-negative bacilli. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018; 73: 1272-1278. PubMed
