Rapid molecular tests may assist in management of patients and assist in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, but they can be overused or misused. In order to optimise the test, there are a few do's and dont's when considering introducing these tests or requesting these tests. About our Guest: Dr Mohamed Said is a Clinical Microbiologist based at theNational Health Laboratory Services Tshwane Academic Laboratory in Pretoria,South Africa. He is also a senior consultant at the Department of MedicalMicrobiology at the University of Pretoria since 2016. He did his undergraduatetraining at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa andcompleted specialist training at the University of Pretoria.He is actively involved in training of specialists in the fieldof Medical Microbiology and also supervises Science students. He serves onnumerous committees within the National Health Laboratory Services as well asthe Pharmacy and therapeutics committee of the Steve Biko Academic Hospital inPretoria. He has published in peer reviewed journals in the fields of rapidmolecular diagnostics, Group B Streptococcus disease and infection preventionand control. Dr Said has also presented his work at numerous national andinternational conferences in the forms of posters and oral presentations.Currently he is pursuing a PHD in the field of neonatal sepsis due to Group BStreptococcus. Visit the Microbe Mail website to sign up for updates E-mail: [email protected]: Microbe MailInstagram: Microbe_Mail  Pinterest: @mailmicrobe

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