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Fungal Infection Test Measures Gene Response

A test being developed will measure how a patient's genes respond to fungal infections. More...
10 Mar 2010

Noninvasive Test Detects Pulmonary Tuberculosis

A new breath test can detect active pulmonary tuberculosis by patterns of distinctive volatile organic compouds. More...
01 Mar 2010

Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial infections: Solutions in the Pipeline

Eleventh and final article in Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections series - On the horizon is technology from the molecular diagnostic company Great Basin Scientific, whose technology is designed to improve the traditional methods of diagnostic testing of hospital-acquired infections, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), allowing test results to come back in less than an hour. More...
25 Feb 2010

Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections: Treating and Reporting

Tenth article in Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections series - Infectious disease specialists in hospitals are generally allied or belong to the clinical microbiology laboratory; whence they help diagnose the cause of infection, advise physicians, and monitor treatment. More...
24 Feb 2010

Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections: Fending Ebolavirus

Ninth article in Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections series -  The organism that was the most alarming to the public was the Ebolavirus. But, in the early stages, Ebola might not be highly contagious. More...
23 Feb 2010

Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections: Doing Blood Cultures

Eighth article in Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections series -  Every year, 350,000 patients contract bloodstream infections in U.S. hospitals, causing more than 90,000 unnecessary deaths and significant costs to the health care system. More...
23 Feb 2010

Laboratory Medicine and Nosocomial Infections: Surveying HIAs

In January 2009, the US Department of Health and Human Services established a set of five-year national prevention targets to reduce and possibly eliminate healthcare-associated infections. More...
22 Feb 2010
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