While COVID-19 pandemic is working 24/7, AMR is not resting either. On the contrary, COVID-19 pandemic may even accelerate development of an...
What is antimicrobial resistance? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an ability of a micro-organism to resist antimicrobial treatment.1,2 Wh...
Annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18.-24.11.2020) is a week under the theme “United to preserve antimicrobials”. This week is dedic...
Global Handwashing Day is 15th of October. The aim of the day is to raise global awareness on the importance of handwashing with water and s...
The serological response to SARS-2 virus is individual. In general, the antibody levels increase fast after the infection. Most persons with...
It’s good to remember that respiratory symptoms are not always of SARS-CoV2. CRP is a good indicator of severity of respiratory infections (...
The current COVID-19 pandemic appears to have accelerated the threat of antimicrobial resistance, as many patients in the hospitals displayi...
“A corona score“ including CRP was developed for rapid and efficient triage of COVID -19 status in emergency department patients in the Neth...