Microbiology

In Other News

• TB and Rifampicin Resistance Diagnosed in Remote Regions

• Automated System Offers Ultrasensitive Isolation of Microbial DNA

• Drug Resistance Testing Is Essential for TB Prognosis

• Syphilis Screening Requires a Paradigm Shift

• Pharyngitis in Children is Often Due to Streptococcal Infection

• Automated Workflow Offers PCR-Based Molecular Diagnostic Assay Menu

• 2009 H1N1 Flu Test Kit Launched in USA

• Rapid Identification of Pathogens Causing Bacterial Septicemia

• Are We Approaching the End of Antibiotic Therapy?

• Series of Controls Validate Molecular Diagnostics Performance

• Inexpensive Compact Microscope Diagnoses Tuberculosis

• Low-Cost Diagnostic Tools Allow Widespread Clinical Adoption

• Molecular Test Differentiates Influenza A Subtypes

• Infectious Disease Panel Expanded to Include STD

• Real-Time PCR Detects Drug Resistant Tubercle Bacillus

• Novel Microfluidic HIV Test Is Quick and Inexpensive

• Biomarkers Distinguish Latent from Active TB

• High Malaria Parasitemia Affects Rapid Diagnostic Tests

• Rapid Molecular Assay Detects Bacteria in Antenatal Samples

• Chronic HCV Increases Risk for Renal Cancer

• Blood Culture Assay Generates Rare False Positives

• Screening Cancer Patients for Hepatitis B Is Recommended

• Urine Samples Screened for Chlamydial Urogenital Disease