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Colorimetric Test Devised for Tuberculosis in Developing Areas

A rapid, sensitive and low-cost method has been devised for detecting tuberculosis, a highly infectious disease and a major global health problem, especially in countries with developing health care systems.   More...
28 Dec 2015
Image: BacT/Alert blood culture system (Photo courtesy of BioMérieux).

Blood Culture Detection Times Distinguishes Bacteremia from Contamination

Contamination of blood culture is common, very costly for the health system, and often confuses clinicians. To minimize the risk of blood culture contamination with the normal skin flora, meticulous attention should be paid when preparing the skin for venipuncture.  More...
27 Dec 2015
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DNA Technology Diagnoses Cases of Tuberculosis Faster

The protracted Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex diagnosis and phenotypic drug susceptibility testing is due to slow growth in culture and contribute to reported treatment initiation delays of 8 to 80 days.  More...
22 Dec 2015
Blood Levels of Ebola Virus Are Predictive of Death

Blood Levels of Ebola Virus Are Predictive of Death

Currently, most treatments used in Ebola treatment centers rely on supportive care, but several experimental therapies are being assessed for Ebolavirus disease following promising in vitro and limited in vivo findings.   More...
14 Dec 2015

Rapid Molecular Host-Response Assay May Improve Diagnosis of Sepsis

A microarray assay that measures classifier RNA transcript biomarkers in blood may help quickly differentiate sepsis from infection-negative systemic inflammation in critically ill patients, according to a new study.  More...
14 Dec 2015
Image: The DxN VERIS Molecular Diagnostics System is a fully automated instrument for the quantitative analysis of molecular targets (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter Diagnostics).

Automated PCR Platform Increases Productivity of Clinical Molecular Diagnostic Laboratories

An automated real-time PCR platform that has been certified for diagnostics use in Europe has demonstrated the potential to dramatically improve productivity and turnaround times in the clinical laboratory.  More...
09 Dec 2015
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Influenza-Respiratory Virus Panel Launched for Idylla platform

The majority of diagnostic tests currently used for respiratory viruses are rapid immunoassays which are chosen due to their low cost and convenience; however, one of the key downsides of these rapid tests is their poor sensitivity.  More...
09 Dec 2015
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