Detecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be difficult. In particular, the absence of FDA-cleared automated antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices that use revised Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae and the lack of active surveillance tests hamper the clinical laboratory. In this issue of the Journal of Cli...

This study investigates the real effects of management communication, specifically forecasts or earnings guidance, on investment. Managers can signal strength their projects through accuracy in guidance. leads less accurate managers to distort investments; equilibrium investment strategy involves over-investment when exceed forecast and under-investment fall short. Moreover, we find that are pe...

R. C. Lamb, 1 C. W. Akerlof, 2 M. F. Cawley, a E. Colombo, 4 D. J. Fegan, s A. M. Hillas, 6 P. W. Kwok, 4 M.J.Lang, 4 D. A. Lewis, 1 D. J. Macomb, 1 D. I. Meyer, 2 K. S. O'Flaherty, 5 P.T.Reynolds, 4 G. Vacanti, 1 and T.C.Weekes 4 lIowa State University, Ames, IA 50011 USA 2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA aSt. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, IRELAND 4Harvard-Smithsonia...

Detecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) can be difficult. In particular, the absence of FDA-cleared automated antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices that use revised Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) carbapenem breakpoints for Enterobacteriaceae and the lack of active surveillance tests hamper the clinical laboratory. In this issue of the Journal of Cli...