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• Blood Culture Test Optimizes Antimicrobial Therapy

• Urine-Based Diagnostics Tool Detects Tuberculosis

• Rapid Influenza Test Evaluated for Children

• Malaria Test Assessed in Nonendemic Setting

• Rapid Diagnostic for C. difficile Eliminates Extraction Step

• Salivary Immunoassay Diagnoses Dengue Fever

• Human Papillomavirus Assays Identify Risk of Cervical Cancer

• MICE Strips Expanded to Include the Antibiotic Tigecycline

• Multiplexed NA Test Simultaneously Detects 15 Respiratory Viruses

• Specimen Processing System Utilizes Robotic Plate Management

• Multiplex Assay Detects Atypical Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens

• Nucleic Acid Test Approved for Sexually Transmitted Parasite

• Feasibility of Tuberculosis Test Proven in Low-Resource Settings

• Molecular Method Identifies Six Sexually Transmitted Pathogens

• Color Changing Pigments Identify Infectious Bacteria

• Assay Detects Bacterial Toxin That Causes Diarrhea

• Immunoassay Approved for Detecting Dengue Fever Virus

• Influenza Detection Assay Inaugurated for Clinical Trials

• Blood Donor Plasma Screened for Viral Antibodies

• Early-Onset Sepsis Rates in Newborns Determined

• Automated Tests Differentiate Sexually Transmitted Infections

• Diagnostic Test Distinguishes Between Active and Latent Tuberculosis

• Antenatal Urine Samples Screened for Chlamydia