Microbiology
Blood Test Identifies Stillbirth, Placentitis in Women with COVID-19
Recent reports have identified an increased risk of stillbirth in pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2. Perinatal pathologists have identified specific placental pathology, termed COVID placentitis, associated with a high risk of stillbirth and poor neonatal outcome. More...06 Apr 2022
Automated Systems Compared for Vancomycin MIC Values for MRSA Bacteremia
Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Compared with methicillin-susceptible isolates, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) increases hospital length of stay (LOS), hospital costs, duration of bacteremia, and mortality. More...29 Mar 2022
Double-antigen Sandwich ELISA Detects Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi
Chagas disease (CD), also known as American trypanosomiasis, is a potentially life-threatening vector-borne tropical zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The estimated prevalence of CD in 21 Latin American countries where it is considered endemic exceeds five million individuals; CD accounts for approximately 7,500 deaths annually. More...29 Mar 2022
Albumin-Related Ratios Investigated in HBV-Associated Decompensated Cirrhosis
Identification of effective and accurate prognostic biomarkers for hepatitis B virus-associated decompensated cirrhosis (HBV-DeCi) is challenging. This study was designed to determine and compare the prognostic value of albumin-related ratios (blood urea nitrogen-to-albumin ratio [BAR], C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio [CAR], prothrombin time-international normalized ratio-to-albumin ratio [PTAR], neutrophil count-to-albumin ratio [NAR], and D-dimer-to-albumin ratio [DAR]) in HBV-DeCi patients. More...25 Mar 2022
Expression, Microbiome Features Provide Pre-Treatment Lung Function Clues for Pediatric Patients (Science Translational Medicine University of California at San Francisco
Microbial community and host gene expression features in lung samples may provide pre-treatment clues to risky lung function features in children receiving bone marrow transplants from healthy donor individuals, new research suggests. More...15 Mar 2022
Enzyme Immunoassays Developed for Serodiagnosis of Human Leptospirosis
The laborious microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is the gold standard serologic test for laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis. We developed EIA based serologic assays using recombinant proteins (rLigA, rLigB, rLipL32) and whole-cell extracts from eight Leptospira serovars as antigen and assessed the diagnostic performance of the new assay. More...14 Mar 2022
Fecal Microbiome Signature Predicts Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Researchers have identified a molecular signature of 27 microorganisms in stool samples that is able to predict whether an individual is at high risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer. More...10 Mar 2022
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