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Archived Microbiology Newsletters

The CLS Microbiology Newsletter is a publication of Calgary Laboratory Services.

Issue

Description

Volume 1, 2006

CLS Antibiotic Testing and Reporting Changes Due to Implementation of a New Automated Identification and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing System (Vitek 2)

Volume 2, 2006 Corynebacterium spp.: Important Community and Nosocomial Pathogen
Volume 3, 2006 Coagulase - negative Staphylococci: An Important Group of Human Pathogens
Volume 4, 2006 Diagnosis of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection (BSI)
Volume 5, 2006 Malaria in the Calgary Health Region
Volume 6,7,8, 2006 CLS Regional Antibiogram
Volume 9, 2006 CLS Microbiology Specimen Collection and Transportation Problems
Volume 10, 2006 Ordering Blood Cultures for Optimal Detection of Bacteremia
Volume 11, 2006 Community - Onset Urinary Tract Infections in the Calgary Health Region
Volume 12, 2006 Major Factors Affecting Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases

Volume 1, 2005

5-Year Antibiogram Trending for Invasive Anaerobes

Volume 2, 2005

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Volume 3, 2005 Nocardia and Other Medically Important Actinomycetes
Volume 4, 2005 The Emergence of Enterobacteriaceae Producing ESBLs in the Calgary Community

Volume 5, 2005

Pertussis Testing Transferred

Volume 6, 2005

The Seven Principles of Accurate Microbiology Specimen Collection

Volume 7, 8, 9, 2005

CLS Regional Antibiogram (2004 - 2005)

Volume 10, 2005  Implementation of a New Test Method for detection of Genital/Urine Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) and/or Neisseria Gonorroheae (GC) Infections

Volume 2, 2004

Normal Indigenous Flora in the Human Body

Volume 3, 2004

Antibiotic Associated Colitis (AAC) due to Toxin Producing Clostridium difficile

Volume 4, 2004

Implementation of Molecular Methods for Microorganism Identification at CLS

Volume 5, 2004

Wound and Soft Tissue Cultures

Volume 6-8, 2004

CLS Regional Antibiogram (2003-2004)

Volume 9, 2004 Stool Screening: Giardia/Cryptosporidium Infection

Volume 10, 2004

Antifungal Susceptibility Testing

Volume 11, 2004 Campylobacter jejuni
Volume 12, 2004 CLS Blood Culture Contamination Rates

Volume 1, 2003

Emerging Pathogens - “Streptococcus milleri” Group

Volume 2, 2003

Analysis and presentation of Cumulative Antimicrobial Susceptibility data

Volume 3, 2003

Blood Cultures in Ambulatory Patients

Volume 4, 2003

Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing Metallo beta-lactamases (MBLs) in the Calgary Health Region (CHR)

Volume 5, 2003

Guidelines for Proper Collection of Urogenital Specimens

Volumes 6-9, 2003

CLS Regional Antibiogram - (2002 - 2003)

Volume 10, 2003

Atypical Mycobacterium Infections

Volume 11, 2003

New Revisions to the CLS Microbiology Requisition

Volume 12, 2003

Evaluation of the CORAL UTI ScreenTM System for Rapid Automated Detection of Significant Bacturiuria in Children