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Image: A diagram of the ImmunoSignature Technology (Photo courtesy of HealthTell).

Molecular Test Detects Chagas in Blood Donors

The most prevalent parasitic infection in Latin America causes Chagas’ disease. Diagnosis is based on serologic tests because direct detection of Trypanosoma cruzi is very difficult beyond its brief acute phase. More...
21 Sep 2017
Image: Found in children’s throats, Kingella kingae bacteria has also been linked to bone and joint infections (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Child Throat Bacteria Also Found in Joint Infections

Using sensitive diagnostics, researchers have found that the presence of the Kingella kingae in children's throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the same bacterium. More...
19 Sep 2017
Image: The VITEK 2 COMPACT instrument offers the capacity to help improve therapeutic success and patient outcomes through reliable microbial identification (ID) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) (Photo courtesy of bioMérieux).

Newly Emerged Superbug Discovered

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strains often cause life-threatening community-acquired infections in young and healthy hosts, but are usually sensitive to antibiotics. More...
15 Sep 2017
Image: A scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Epstein-Barr virus budding in a B cell (Photo courtesy of The Multiple Sclerosis Discovery Forum).

Epstein-Barr Virus Increases Risk of MS

While being infected at a young age with Epstein-Barr virus generally causes few, if any, symptoms, delayed exposure into adolescence or adulthood can cause infectious mononucleosis with symptoms that can be quite severe. More...
15 Sep 2017
Image: The Malaria Ag P.f Ultra-Sensitive rapid diagnostic test (Photo courtesy of Alere).

Rapid Diagnostic Test for Malaria Evaluated

The ability of individuals to carry low-density malaria infections and have minimal clinical symptoms is believed to be the consequence of exposure-related clinical immunity, resulting in the suppression of parasitemia, and has been observed in both high- and low-transmission settings. More...
14 Sep 2017
Image: The GeneXpert MTB/RIF Ultra assay for tuberculosis; this new test is critical in allowing clinicians improved diagnostic interpretation (Photo courtesy of Cepheid).

New Diagnostic Test Improves Detection of Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health threat despite the development of new diagnostics and antitubercular drugs. The MTB/RIF assay was developed to improve TB and rifampin resistance (RIF-R) detection. More...
14 Sep 2017
Image: A histopathology of rhabdomyolysis, a myonecrosis on a massive scale with leakage of myofiber contents, including myoglobin, creatine phosphokinase, and other proteins into the circulation (Photo courtesy of Dr. Dimitri P. Agamanolis, MD).

Febrile Rhabdomyolysis Diagnosed in West African Refugees

Rhabdomyolysis is a complex medical condition involving the rapid breakdown of damaged skeletal muscle. The severity of the illness ranges from asymptomatic elevations of serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) to life-threatening diseases such as cardiac arrhythmia, acute renal failure, and even death. More...
13 Sep 2017
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