Liofilchem®

January 31, 2012 New Liofilchem® Chromatic MH We are glad to introduce our new Chromatic MH, a chromogenic medium for the preliminary identification and susceptibility testing of bacteria directly from clinical and environmental specimens. It is available in format of ready plates, 90 mm. Ref. 11618

ARAB HEALTH 2012 Liofilchem® exhibited at ARAB HEALTH in Dubai, UAE 23-26 January 2012 Liofilchem stand no. RA20

MEDICA 2011 For the 16th year Liofilchem® exhibited at MEDICA in Dusseldorf, Germany. November 16-19, 2011 Hall 1 Stand A14

November 9-11, 2011 AMCLI XL National Meeting Liofilchem® exhibited at AMCLI (Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani) national meeting in Rimini, Italy.
September 19, 2011 BIOMIC V3 reads Liofilchem® AST and ID Products Giles Scientific (USA) has collaborated with Liofilchem (Italy) to provide automated reading and interpretation of Liofilchem microbiology products including MIC Test Strips, ID and AST Systems, antibiotic disks, and chromogenic agar with the BIOMIC V3 Microbiology System. BIOMIC V3's digital imaging technology automates the reading, interpretation, and reporting of Liofilchem products following EUCAST, CLSI or BSAC guidelines. All test plate images are saved in high resolution for future review. Bar code reading and a bi-directional LIS/LIMS interface capability further speeds workflow.
May 27, 2011 Antibiotic Disks We are glad to communicate the availability of new items among our Antibiotic Disks range, which now includes new antimicrobial agents and new concentrations according to the main international standards: CLSI, EUCAST and BSAC. Click here for viewing the product range.
21st ECCMID Visit our stand at the next ECCMID in Milano, Italy, 7-10 May 2011. Liofilchem® stand no. 225.
December 6, 2010 Improved Integral System YEASTS Plus for Simultaneous ID and AST of Yeasts The Liofilchem® Integral System YEASTS Plus (ref.71822) is a 24 reaction well panel containing biochemical substrata and antimycotics for the identification and Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of the most clinically important yeasts. The panel is inoculated with the cell suspension. The ID and AST results are delivered after incubating at 36°C for 48 hours. The new Integral Systems YEASTS Plus includes a chromogenic well (no. 13-CHR) directly derived from Liofilchem® Chromatic technology, for improving the fungi identification. The well no. 13-CHR delivers a color based distinction: green colour for Candida albicans, purple colour for Candida tropicalis.
September 2010 Active Membership of the CLSI We are happy to announce our Active Membership of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI). Download the certificate at our Quality System web page.

20th ECCMID Visit our stand at the next ECCMID in Vienna, Austria, 10-13 April 2010. Liofilchem® stand no. 555.
February 4, 2010 Improving A.F. Genital System (ref. 74156) We are glad to announce the improvement of our microbial identification system A.F. Genital System, which now combines the benefits that made it the most successful among Liofilchem® products with the power of a new chromogenic medium for detecting Group B Streptococcus agalactiae. A new method for confirming E. coli is also included int the new A.F. Genital System. Visit the web page of A.F. Genital System System for further details about the news in this identification panel. The new A.F. Genital System is now available for sale.
August 26, 2009 Validation of FOOD SYSTEM (ref. 71680) to the ISO 16140:2003 standard "Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs – Protocol for the validation of alternative methods". We are glad to announce the validation of our FOOD SYSTEM to the ISO 16140:2003. The FOOD SYSTEM is a 12 wells panel containing biochemical substrata for the detection and presumptive identification of pathogenic microorganisms from foodstuff in just 18-24 hours. The FOOD SYSTEM delivers the simultaneous detection and presumptive identification of: Salmonella spp., Proteus /Providencia spp., Pseudomonas spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, Listeria spp., yeasts and moulds. Just like all the Liofilchem® microbiological identification systems, the FOOD SYSTEM has the great benefits of performing simultaneous microbiological screening of several microorganisms in one compact panel, reducing costs in man hours and laboratory consumables, requiring no complex lab instruments because of its extraordinary ease of use. Click here for more information about the validation study. The validation certificate is available for download from the Publications web page.
American Society for Microbiology General Meeting 2009 Philadelphia, PA, USA May 18 to 20, 2009 booth no. 1341 For the first time, Liofilchem® exhibited at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting 2009, held in Philadelphia, USA.
March 25, 2009 MIC Test Strip We are proud to announce our new MIC Test Strip. MIC Test Strip is a quantitative method for determining the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) of antimicrobial agents against microorganisms and for detecting the resistance mechanisms. MIC Test Strip are high quality paper strips with special features that are impregnated with a predefined concentration gradient of antibiotic, across 15 two-fold dilutions of a conventional MIC method. MIC Test Strip are available in a large variety of antimibrobial agents. Each configuration is available in blister packages of 30 and 100 strips.
AACC 2008 - Clinical Lab Expo Washington DC, USA July 29-31, 2008 Booth no. 1561 For the first time, Liofilchem® exhibited at the international trade fair AACC - Clinical Lab Expo in the United States.
April 3, 2008 New PATHOGENIC SYSTEM We are glad to announce the new PATHOGENIC SYSTEM (ref. 71679), a 18 wells system containing biochemical substrata for the detection and presumptive identification of pathogenic microorganisms from pharyngeal, cutaneous, auricular and ophthalmic swabs, expectorate, exudate from abscessand injury, and other clinical specimens in only 18-24 hours. The system is inoculated directly with the suspension of the clinical specimen and incubated at 36 °C. The tests for the detection and identification of microorganisms present in the specimen are interpreted by evaluating the color change in the wells and performing immunologic and microscopic confirmation tests. The new PATHOGENIC SYSTEM allows detection and presumptive identification of Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A), Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophylus spp., Escherichia coli, Proteus spp./Providencia spp., Pseudomonas spp., KES group microorganisms, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida spp., and dermatophytes of the genus Microsporum spp., Trichophyton spp., Epidermophyton spp.. The new PATHOGENIC SYSTEM is already available for sale and samples.
February 25, 2008 Chromatic: new Liofilchem® chromogenic culture media We are glad to introduce our new chromogenic culture media into the Liofilchem® product catalogue 2008, called Chromatic, available in powder and ready to use in petri dish or bottle. Our new chromogenic culture media are: • Chromatic Candida • Chromatic Coli/Coliform • Chromatic Salmonella • Chromatic Detection The previous versions (Colorex Candida, Colorex Coli/Coliform, Colorex Salmonella, Colorex Detection) are no more available in the Liofilchem® catalogue. The new Chromatic media provide optimum results, in terms of effectiveness, qualitative and colorimetric performance.
January 14, 2008 Contact plates (Rodac) in peelable blister pack We announce with great satisfaction the new peelable blister pack for our contact plates. The new peelable blister pack fulfills the highest quality and protection standards for the plate. The blister pack, produced fully automatically and in controlled environment, offers the following advantages compared to the pouch pack: - full transparency of the package; - does not release particles during the film opening phase, critical in environment controlled by particle counter; - allows the usage of single plates, leaving the remaining plates protected in their pack; - drastically reduces the dehydration of culture medium during the shelf life period; - permits better product preservation and isolation during transportation and storage phases; - guarantees the product can not be handled after the packaging; - enables the immediate individuation of possible culture medium alteration previous to opening the package, therefore avoiding contaminations to the controlled environment. Price and ref. of the contact plates remain unvaried. The contact plates in the new peelable blister pack are already available.
January 9, 2008 New COPRO SYSTEM Plus We are glad to announce the evolution of our microbial identification system COPRO SYSTEM from fecal specimens. The new COPRO SYSTEM Plus (ref. 71675) is a 18 wells system containing dried biochemical substrata for detection and presumptive identification of microorganisms in fecal specimens. COPRO SYSTEM Plus allows detection and presumptive identification within 18-24 hours of Salmonella spp., Proteus spp., Pseudomonas spp., Yersinia spp., Shigella spp., Campylobacter jejunii, Escherichia coli, E.coli O157 enteropathogenic, KES group microorganisms (Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Serratia), Candida spp. The system is inoculated directly with the suspension of the specimen under examination and incubated at 36 ± 1 °C. The tests for detection and presumptive identification of the microorganisms present in the specimen are interpreted evaluating: • color change in the well • immuno-serological confirmation test • performing a microscopical examination. The COPRO SYSTEM Plus will be available from February 1, 2008. The COPRO SYSTEM (ref. 71670) remains available in the Liofilchem® product catalogue.
November 29, 2007 MiRA and MeRA Test We are glad to communicate some variations that improve significantly the performance of our products MiRA Test (ref.80355) and MeRA Test (ref.80356) for the detection of of antibiotic and sulphamide residues in food. MiRA and MeRA Test are now in liquid medium in glass tube and are available in boxes of 50 tests. Prices remain unvaried.
April 3, 2007 Integral System Yeasts Plus We are glad to announce the new product Integral System Yeasts Plus, ref. 71822. The new system is comprised of 24 wells: 12 biochemical substrata for sugar assimilation tests, 11 antimycotics and 1 well for growth control. The system is inoculated with the cell suspension and incubated at 36 ± 1 °C for 48 hours and permits identification and sensitivity evaluation of most clinically important yeasts to antimycotics. The product Integral System Yeasts, ref. 71722, will remain available until may 2nd, 2007.
March 2007 Flexible Contact Slide Hooks have been added on the surfaces of flexible Contact Slide to improve medium adhesion. The new slides with this adjustment are being produced gradually.
March 2007 Listeria System 18R Starting from lot 02137211 of 13th february 2007 the product Listeria System 18R (ref. 71640) has been modified: the ABN test is highly improved. The new reaction in the 9-ABN well is clear and clean: non pathogenic listeriae develop an intense yellow color; Listeria monocytogenes does not activate the ABN reaction and the fluid in the well remains colorless.
March 2007 Antibiotic discs in blister pack The antibiotic discs are now available in blister pack containing one cartridge (50 discs) or 5 cartridges individually wrapped (250 discs). The blister pack permits better conservation and stability of the antibiotic.
June 21, 2006 Production plan for Lowenstein Jensen with antibiotic We would like to inform you that the production of "lowenstein jensen + antibiotic" media will be carried out in the first week of every month, therefore we recommend you to place orders to Liofilchem® not later than the 20th of the month previous to production.