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Image: Neo-Sensitabs are used for antibiotic susceptibility testing including azithromycin (Photo courtesy of Rosco)

ECOFF and AST Determined for Invasive Non-Typhoidal Salmonella

Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) are a primary cause of bloodstream infections in low-resource settings (LRS).The global burden has been estimated at 535,000 iNTS cases and 77,500 deaths per year. In sub-Saharan Africa, most iNTS are multidrug-resistant and non-susceptibility to third generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones has emerged. More...
04 Jul 2022
Image: A new method to detect typhoid uses a small amount of blood taken from a finger (Photo courtesy of UC Davis)

New Technique Uses Dried Blood Spots to Detect Typhoid Infection More Quickly and Accurately

A new approach that detects typhoid antibodies in dried blood spots is faster and more accurate than blood cultures, simplifies disease detection in remote areas and can significantly help vaccination planning in countries where typhoid is prevalent.. More...
01 Jul 2022
Image: BD Bactec Media: Plus Aerobic/F were used to culture blood from Leukemic Febrile Neutropenia patients and compared to metagenomic shotgun sequencing (Photo courtesy of Fisher Scientific)

Microbes Identified In Leukemic Febrile Neutropenia

Despite diagnostic advances in microbiology, the etiology of neutropenic fever remains elusive in most cases. Infectious complications of neutropenia occur in more than 80% of patients who undergo chemotherapy for hematological malignancy and 10% to 50% of those with visceral malignancies. More...
28 Jun 2022
Image: The Unyvero LRT Panel for Use with Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimens (Photo courtesy of Rick Betts)

Pneumonia Panel Helps Curb Inappropriate Antibiotic Usage

Pneumonia is swelling (inflammation) of the tissue in one or both lungs. It's usually caused by a bacterial infection or a virus. The symptoms of pneumonia can develop suddenly over 24 to 48 hours, or they may come on more slowly over several days. More...
23 Jun 2022
Image: The Q-Plex Human Malaria Array (5-plex) is a robust and fully quantitative chemiluminescent assay for the concurrent surveillance of four malaria biomarkers (Photo courtesy of Quansys Biosciences)

Multiplex Immunoassays Enable Quantification of Malaria Antigens

The standard of care for malaria diagnosis is blood smear microscopy and antigen detection through rapid diagnostic test (RDT). Microscopy has limitations in terms of difficulty in identifying mixed infections and RDTs are more amenable for the diagnosis of malaria in settings with limited laboratory infrastructure. More...
16 Jun 2022
Image: 3D micro-CT image of a 1.5 millimeters wide blood clot (Photo courtesy of Empa)

Personalized Treatment of Acute Stroke

Researchers are developing a method based on X-ray analysis and electron microscopy that should enable the optimal therapy for acute stroke to be identified in the shortest possible time. More...
09 Jun 2022
Image: Colorized scanning electron microscopic image depicting Ebola virus particles budding from the surface of a cell (Photo courtesy of NIAID)

New Tool Improves Ebola Virus Diagnosis

A new technology that uses so-called optical microring resonators potentially could be developed into a rapid diagnostic test for the Ebola virus. More...
09 Jun 2022
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