AST

There are multiple definitions:

  1. antistreptolysin titer(English)

  2. aspartate aminotransferase(English)

  3. associated sister telomere(English)

    • refers to the association of sister chromatids' telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes. This association is crucial for cell division and is mediated by a protein complex called cohesin, which links sister chromatids together after DNA replication until their separation in anaphase
    • TIN2
    • Genetics, Biochemistry
    • https://doi.org…j.emboj.7601903
  4. American Society of Transplantation(English)

  5. antimicrobial susceptibility testing(English)

    • aims to ensure that suitable antibiotics are prescribed and to monitor the selection and emergence of resistant pathogens in infected individuals. Information on local patterns of antimicrobial susceptibility can be collected using this approach, so that policies guiding the empiric choice of therapy can be based on current data on local resistance trends (also known as the local or institutional antibiogram). It can also help to identify isolates with defined resistance mechanisms of major interest to infection prevention and control (for example, extended-spectrum ß-lactamase producers, carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, methicillin-resistant S. aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci). Furthermore, AST is key for the assessment of resistance incidence and prevalence in epidemiological studies that examine the origin and spread of resistance, including studies on the effectiveness of measures taken to counteract spread
    • MRSA, AMP, AMR, CLSI, EUCAST
    • Bacteriology, Microbiology, Epidemiology
    • https://doi.org…1579-018-0098-9
    • https://doi.org…cimb.2020.00326
  6. acute suppurative thyroiditis(English)

  7. arts speech therapy(English)

  8. Attitude and Status toward Treatment(English)

  9. acupoint sticking therapy(English)

    • a traditional Chinese medicine-based tropical treatment that stick the pasty preparations, which are creams mixed with various medicinal extracts and liquids, to certain acupoints or the diseased sites to achieve specific therapeutic effectiveness by exerting the efficacies of drugs and/or by acting on acupoints and meridians
    • TCM
    • Therapeutic approaches, Alternative medicine
    • https://doi.org…5820.2014.01.05
  10. anesthetized Schirmer test(English)