Microbiology
Prognostic Biomarker Found for Post-Chemotherapeutic Relapse in Visceral Leishmaniasis
The effective clinical management, chemotherapy and control of the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis are largely dependent on early and unequivocal diagnosis as without effective chemotherapy symptomatic VL is usually fatal. More...05 Nov 2014
![Image: Leishmania detection sensitivity – Percentage of positivity in the different hsp70-PCRs (G, F, N, C), evaluated in the total of 98 clinical pre-confirmed cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis case samples (All) and in different subsets (Bone marrow, Blood/BC[buffy coat], Lymph node, Skin biopsy) (Phot courtesy of Montalvo et al., September 2014, and the journal Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease).](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2014-11-04/MMS-122.jpg "Image: Leishmania detection sensitivity – Percentage of positivity in the different hsp70-PCRs (G, F, N, C), evaluated in the total of 98 clinical pre-confirmed cutaneous or visceral leishmaniasis case samples (All) and in different subsets (Bone marrow, Blood/BC[buffy coat], Lymph node, Skin biopsy) (Phot courtesy of Montalvo et al., September 2014, and the journal Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease)."){kind=small}
New PCR Variants Evaluated for Global Diagnostics of Leishmaniasis
A study of three new PCR variants based on the leishmanial hsp70 gene, evaluated directly on clinical samples, has demonstrated the new tools to be globally applicable for Leishmania species-level typing in various geographical, clinical, and sampling contexts. More...04 Nov 2014
![Image: Conidiophores of Aspergillus fumigatus (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).](https://globetechcdn.com/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2014-11-03/GMS-282.jpg "Image: Conidiophores of Aspergillus fumigatus (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).")
Analysis of Volatile Substances in Breath of Pneumonia Patients Confirms Fungal Infection Diagnosis
Analysis of volatile substances in the breath of patients with respiratory infections has been proposed as a novel, noninvasive, pathogen-specific approach to identifying the precise microbial cause of pneumonia. More...03 Nov 2014
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