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COV6 (Abbott Realtime), COV8 (Alinity Singleplex), COV10 (Cepheid rapid respiratory panel), Cepheid SinglePlex E and N2 Ct, and COV12 (Alinity Resp-4-Plex respiratory panel) cycle threshold to genome copies/mL conversions.  Warning, conversions are approximate; there may be significant variability in specimen collection that also should be considered, and Ct values may not take into account specimen-specific amplification inhibition which may artifactually increase Ct values.
CLSI M100
EUCAST Breakpoints
EUCAST MIC Distributions
FDA AST Criteria
Guidance for Industry and FDA: Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Systems
CDER and CDRH coordinated review
DISARM Act
WHO 2020 Priority Pathogens and Antibiotic Development Pipeline
FDA guidance on decision support software including AI
CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Threats 2019 
Antibiotics in Development - PEW Foundation
ISDA Guidelines for Treatment of Resistant Gram-negatives
JPIAMR-VRI Digital Platform

Kirby Lab Plasmids (Available from Addgene)
FDA-CDC Antibiotic Resistance Isolate Bank
rrnDB = ribosomal copy number database for those who love aminoglycosides

SBIR Guidance
NIH Grant Receipt Dates
NIH R Grant Instructions
Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Funding Programs
NIAID DMID Pre-Clinical Resources for Researchers

ASM Microbiology Image Gallery

AlphaFold2 -CoLabFold
Pymol Instructions
PubChem Draw
BaSys Genome Annotation Tool
RNA tools
Confidence limits sample proportion calculator

CDC SARS-CoV-2 Variant Tracker (Link Excel Download)
COVID-19 Massachusetts Department of Public Health Reports
COVID-19 TTSI Metrics Map by Country Across US
serological assays - Johns Hopkins summary
  • Home
  • Antimicrobials
    • Legionella pneumophila
    • T4SS-dependent Gram negative pathogens
    • CRE Pathogens
    • Mechanisms of carbapenem resistance >
      • Carbapenemases | KPC | NDM-1
      • Porins
      • Efflux pumps
  • Diagnostics
  • Pathogenesis
  • About the PI
  • Personnel
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Environment
  • Positions
  • Resources
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  • Contact Info
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