Clinical Microbiology

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In clinical microbiology, accuracy is everything. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers trusted culture media, diagnostic tools, and susceptibility testing to support your critical work and help fight antimicrobial resistance. With over a century of microbiology expertise, we provide the solutions you need to help achieve actionable results—ones that can guide effective clinical decision making to support improved patient outcomes.

Culture media

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing

Microbial identification

Specimen collection and transport

Quality control

Laboratory Supplies

Clinical microbiology solutions to support timely and accurate diagnosis

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, we’re committed to supporting clinical laboratories with end-to-end microbiology solutions that drive diagnostic accuracy, improve workflow efficiency, and help enhance patient outcomes. Our comprehensive portfolio features validated products tailored to every stage of the microbiology workflow—from specimen collection and microbial identification to antimicrobial susceptibility testing and quality control.

Featured content

Driving the WHO's One Health approach

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat, fueled by complex interactions between humans, animals, and the environment. Our clinical microbiology solutions support combat against AMR, help guide targeted treatments, and strengthen stewardship programs.  

Streamlining Candida spp. screening

Candida species are the leading cause of fungal infections in hospitalized patients. As antifungal resistance increases and new threats like Candida auris (Candidozyma auris) emerge, accurate and dependable laboratory testing of clinical samples is more critical than ever.

Practical applications and industry expertise

Webinar: Critical antimicrobial susceptibility testing results for critical patients

In this webinar, Dr. James McKinnell, an infectious disease specialist at Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, explores how clinicians make critical decisions in patient care. He dives into caring for critically ill patients, managing septic shock, and the vital collaboration between infectious disease teams and microbiology laboratory. Discover how clinical insight and technology come together to guide optimal treatment choices.

Using definitive MIC results, therapeutic drug monitoring and PK/PD data to help optimize patient outcomes and combat AMR

At Bologna University Hospital in Italy, Prof. Federico Pea and his team have developed a comprehensive and interdisciplinary program to tailor antibiotic therapy based on accurate MIC values, real-time therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) data, and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) parameters. Learn more about their approach as presented at ESCMID Global 2024, and read the case study.

The impact of definitive MIC results and access to new antimicrobials from an ID pharmacist’s perspective

Hear how the Sensititre System is supporting informed treatment decisions at the University of Michigan Hospital and Health System from Jerod Nagel, PharmD, BCPS (AQID), Clinical Specialist, Infectious Diseases.

Thinking outside of the box to boost productivity and reduce waste

Learn how Tailored Delivery Solution (TDS), an innovative media stock management system, has saved Quest Diagnostics an estimated 50 man-hours weekly and significantly reduced waste—prompting a nationwide rollout thanks to its efficient, trackable crate and trolley delivery system.

Essential resources

Advancing innovation and partnership against multidrug-resistant organisms

Discover expert-driven resources and tools focused on high-priority pathogens, their role in antimicrobial resistance and sepsis, and strategies for managing emerging infectious disease threats—featured in our Clinical Watch List series.

Explore our wide range of standard MIC plates and antimicrobials

Choose from our comprehensive selection of standard MIC plates for Gram positive, Gram negative, yeast and fastidious organisms, as well as veterinary and surveillance plates. Or, design your own custom plate tailored to your formulary. Our latest Sensititre Plate Guide includes everything you need to get to know the Sensititre System.

Discover our Chromogenic Media

Experience the full range of our Thermo Scientific Spectra chromogenic media—designed for the detection of Strep A, ESBL, MRSA, VRE, and UTI's. 

Tailored delivery solution: Laboratory media stock management made easy

The Tailored Delivery Solution (TDS) for prepared culture media boosts lab efficiency without major capital investment—reducing costs, waste, and staff involvement.

Validation in a box - media conversion

We guide you through the media supplier transition with expert tips, essential tools, documentation, and hands-on support—making your move to Thermo Fisher Scientific easier and more efficient.

Featured products

Sensititre ARIS HiQ System for AST

Automate your antimicrobial susceptibility testing with Sensititre ARIS HiQ System to achieve comprehensive, accurate MIC results to guide targeted patient therapy.

Sensititre Vizion Digital MIC Viewing System

Consolidate all offline testing on a single instrument, for maximum efficiency, with the Thermo Scientific Sensititre Vizion Digital MIC Viewing System.

Sensititre Streptococcus STP8F AST Plate

Perform susceptibility testing of Streptococcus species for a wide range of antimicrobials.

Spectra MRSA Medium

Obtain fast and accurate results with a selective chromogenic medium for screening clinical samples for the presence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Blood Agar (TSA with 5% Sheep Blood) / MacConkey Agar Plate

Grow fastidious organisms, detect and enumerate coliforms, and isolate and detect Salmonella and Shigella spp. on a single plate.

Culti-Loops Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ATCC* 29213

Ensure quality every step of your workflow with our Culti-Loops quality control organisms

MicroTest Flocked Swab Kits

Maintain organism viability with kits including quality room-temperature transport media, one traditional-tipped nylon flocked swab and/or one micro-tipped nylon flocked swab.

RapID ONE System

Identify over 70 medically important, oxidase-negative, gram-negative bacilli is just four hours using this rapid identifcation system.

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