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Image: Kurin Jet marks a significant technological advance over the company’s own market-leading Kurin Lock (Photo courtesy of Kurin)

New Ventless Device Addresses Significant Challenge of Blood Culture Contamination

Contaminated blood cultures create a significant problem, resulting in unnecessary antibiotics being administered to patients, longer hospital stays and a negative impact on larger community health issues, like antimicrobial resistance and life-threatening C. diff. infections. Now, a new ventless device with its unique design, speed, and ease of use can help hospitals address the significant challenge of blood culture contamination. More...
17 Feb 2023
Image: Medical illustration of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriacea (Photo courtesy of CDC, Stephanie Rossow)

Breakthrough Test Enables Targeted Antibiotic Therapy for Various Enterobacter Species

Scientists have developed a simple, sensitive and robust test for the genus Enterobacter, which now enables targeted antibiotic therapy for the different Enterobacter species. More...
24 Jan 2023
Image: The US FDA has cleared the Selux NGP System for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (Photo courtesy of Selux)

Revolutionary Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing System Outsmarts Bacteria

Bacteria have been evolving faster than science, creating resistance to lifesaving antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance is rising to dangerously high levels, becoming the next global health crisis. Now, a revolutionary antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) system outsmarts bacteria by providing rapid AST on all sample types, in a single shift. More...
23 Jan 2023
Image: BD Kiestra 3rd Generation Total Lab Automation System (Photo courtesy of BD)

Fully Automated Robotic Track System Optimizes Space and Streamlines Workflow for Microbiology Labs

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) has launched a new, robotic track system for the BD Kiestra microbiology laboratory solution that automates lab specimen processing, helping to minimize manual labor and wait time for results. More...
12 Jan 2023
Image: The MicroScan autoSCAN-4 semi-automated system provides simplified ID/AST testing in a highly reliable and affordable package and confirmed the results of the study (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter)

Nanopore Sequencing Detect Pathogens in Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infection

The number of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is currently increasing substantially, and it is expected to increase more than two times in the next decade worldwide. With the increasing number of TKA, the number of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) is also increasing, and PJI is currently regarded as the most common etiology for revision TKA. More...
05 Jan 2023
Image: Anaplasma phagocytophilum morulae (arrowed) in the cytoplasm of white blood cells (Photo courtesy of Johan S.Bakken, MD, PhD and Stephen Dumler, MD)

Real-Time PCR-Based Serological Diagnosis of Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis

Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is a tick-borne infection caused by the intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum, an emerging pathogen. HGA can manifest as a subclinical infection; however, most symptomatic persons have fever, myalgia, and headache associated with thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and elevated transaminase levels. More...
26 Dec 2022
Image: New blood test to identify infections could reduce global antibiotic overuse (Photo courtesy of Pexels)

Blood Test to Separate Bacterial and Viral Infections Could Reduce Antibiotic Overuse

A new gene expression-based test could allow doctors around the world to quickly and accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections, thereby cutting down on antibiotic overuse. More...
26 Dec 2022
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