Microbiology
Test Authorized to Identify Candida auris
Candida auris is a yeast that can cause serious infections in hospitalized patients such as bloodstream infections and is frequently resistant to multiple antifungal drugs used to treat Candida infections. The US Administration has authorized the first test to identify the emerging pathogen (C. auris), which can cause serious infections in hospitalized patients. More...30 Apr 2018
Rapid Diagnostic Test Evaluated for Tuberculosis
The diagnosis of smear-negative and extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) remains challenging in resource-limited settings. Confirmation of smear-negative and extrapulmonary TB cases requires a positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis culture, which may take up to eight weeks. More...26 Apr 2018
Treponemal Subspecies Discriminated by LAMP
Human yaws is a tropical skin disease of children caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pertenue (TPE). Skin ulcers are the most characteristic clinical manifestations associated with infection in all three active disease stages, primary, secondary, and tertiary yaws. More...26 Apr 2018
Assay Detects Hepatitis B in Multiple Specimens
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has led to more than 686,000 deaths worldwide per year. Approximately two billion individuals worldwide are infected with HBV and are at risk of developing cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, which ranks fifth in terms of malignant cancer mortality. More...25 Apr 2018
CSF Examined for Enteroviral Nervous System Infection
Infections caused by enteroviruses are among the most common infectious diseases of the central nervous system (CNS). Enterovirus infections account for 40-77% of all viral meningitis cases in adults. An infection of the meninges results in an uncharacteristic headache usually accompanied by fever and neck stiffness. More...19 Apr 2018
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