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Early Access Offered to New, Streamlined Interpretation of Patient Sequencing Data

New web-based molecular diagnostics product delivers fast, high-confidence interpretation and reporting of variants from next-generation sequencing data.   More...
09 Dec 2013
Image: Flash and Grow Automatic Colony Counter (Photo courtesy of Rapidmicrobiology).

Urine Culture Updates Approach to Diagnosing Infection

The cause of acute uncomplicated cystitis is determined based on cultures of voided midstream urine, but few data guide the interpretation of such results, especially when gram-positive bacteria grow.  More...
05 Dec 2013
Image: Image (a) and schematic (b) of Optical centrifuge interface for isolated microorganisms; the microbial pellet is shown illuminated with a green laser (Photo courtesy of bioMérieux).

Rapid Intrinsic Method Identifies Blood Cultures Pathogen

A simple method has been described that identifies microorganisms from positive blood culture broth within the time it takes to perform a Gram stain. More...
05 Dec 2013

Anti-HEV Assays Evaluated for Diagnosing Acute Hepatitis E Infections

The performance of two anti-HEV IgG and IgM assays were assessed for diagnosing acute HEV infections in immunocompromised patients.  More...
04 Dec 2013

Importance of High-Quality Controls in Assay Design and Development Examined

The use of well-defined biological controls in assay development as essential for determining the reliability and reproducibility of data obtained from molecular applications was examined in depth at a workshop during the AMP 2013 Annual Meeting.  More...
03 Dec 2013

Inappropriate Laboratory Testing Found Throughout Medicine

Laboratory testing is the single highest-volume medical activity and drives clinical decision-making across medicine with over five billion tests performed each year in the USA.  More...
02 Dec 2013
Image: Micrograph of Clostridium difficile made from an impression smear of 72-hour growth on anaerobe blood agar (Photo courtesy of Dr. Gilda Jones).

Clostridium difficile Assay Receives FDA Clearance

An assay which detects nucleic acids encoding the toxin A gene and toxin B gene sequences of toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile has received official clearance.   More...
28 Nov 2013
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