Université´ D'aix-marseille

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille

Fondation Mediterranee Infection

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique-cnrs

Inserm (institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale)

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Inserm

Jean-Marc Rolain

Didier Raoult

Jean-Michel Brunel

Stéphanie Le Page

Sylvain Buffet

Lucie Bardet

Abdoul Karim Sangare

The present invention relates to a method of interpreting different antibiogram images in which it is possible to recognize a phenotype of bacterial resistance relative to antibiotics by comparing photographs using a photographic image bank of the reference antibiogram without any need to interpret them using the EUCAST or CA-SFM interpretation data; providing that for a given phenotype, there is available a collection of photographs of a plurality of bacteria of the same species and of the same phenotype.

Automated method for analyzing and interpreting an antimicrobial susceptibility

The present invention relates to the use of a compound chosen from squalamine and a squalamine-analog aminosteroid compound as agent for disinfecting an inert material object, in particular for the pre-disinfection of medical, dental, diagnostic or surgical equipment. The present invention also provides an aqueous or water-soluble disinfecting composition beneficial for a use according to the invention, characterized in that as disinfecting active compound it comprises a said antibacterial and antifungal compound selected from squalamine and a said squalamine-analog aminosteroid compound and suitable excipients for a water-soluble or aqueous formulation.

Use of squalamine or analogue as a disinfecting agent

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Marseilles, France

Jean-Marc Rolain