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Laboratory Microbial Diagnostics: Current and Future Practice

In May, at the RAF Museum in Hendon, North London, the British Society for Microbial Technology celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Annual Microbiology Conference. Here, members of the BSMT committee report on yet another highly successful event.

This year’s British Society for Microbial Technology (BSMT) conference scientific programme featured a range of expert speakers from different fields of microbiology, across academia, research and clinical practice, as the following report illustrates. In addition to the scientific programme, the event also included a trade exhibition comprising 20 leading microbiology companies, without the support of which, conferences such as this would be impossible to stage.

Biomarker-guided antibiotic treatment for sepsis 

Sepsis continues to pose significant challenges across the NHS, requiring rapid intervention. Amidst growing concerns about antimicrobial resistance and overuse of antibiotics, Professor Paul Dark, NIHR Senior Investigator and Professor of Critical Care at the University of Manchester, highlighted how biomarker-guided strategies are transforming antibiotic stewardship in critically ill patients.

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