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Image: The EASY-nLC 1200 HPLC, high-throughput capacity in a nano-flow UHPLC (Photo courtesy of Thermo Fisher Scientific)

Toxoplasmic Encephalitis in HIV Patients Detected in Urine

Toxoplasma encephalitis (TE) is the most commonly reported neurological opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients since the introduction of combination ART (cART). Diagnosis of TE is challenging under the best clinical circumstances. More...
25 Mar 2021
Image: The Wallac 1420 Victor 2 Multi-Label Microplate Reader (Photo courtesy of  Perkin Elmer).

COVID-19 Induces a Hyperactive Phenotype in Circulating Platelets

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by a marked pro-inflammatory response with fever, elevated inflammatory markers, and clinical and radiological features of pneumonitis being evident among affected individuals. More...
15 Mar 2021
Image: Micrograph of Whipple’s disease. This duodenal biopsy shows the characteristic feature of Whipple’s disease; foamy macrophages are present in the lamina propria cells (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Whipple’s Disease Pathogen Found in International Diarrhea Patients

Tropheryma whipplei is the causative agent of Whipple’s disease. The organism has also been detected in the feces of healthy or asymptomatic persons and in the feces of patients with diarrhea. Symptoms tend to develop slowly over many years in most people with this disease. More...
11 Mar 2021
Image: Schematic diagram of a neutrophil activation signature predicting critical illness and mortality in COVID-19 (Photo courtesy of Yale School of Medicine).

Blood Tests Offer Early Indicator of Severe COVID-19

For most patients, COVID-19 manifests as an upper respiratory tract infection that is self-limited. However, the progression of COVID-19 in a large subset of patients to respiratory distress, multiorgan failure, and death has resulted in an enormous global impact. More...
09 Mar 2021
Image: The iRICELL series combines urine chemistry and microscopy in a fully automated, walk-away workcell that is easy to use and maintain and optimizes and advances urinalysis and body fluid testing (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter).

Three Automated Urine Analyzers Compared with Manual Microscopic Urinalysis

Urinalysis is an essential screening test in clinical laboratories in order to diagnose and plan treatment for urinary tract infections, kidney disease and diabetes. Urinalysis includes visual examination, evaluation of chemical parameters and microscopic examination. More...
03 Mar 2021
Image: Malaria: Thick bloods smear showing ring-form trophozoites of Plasmodium vivax that are difficult to detect. Two ring-forms are arrowed (Photo courtesy of US Centers of Diseases Control and Prevention).

Magneto-Optical Diagnosis Evaluated for Symptomatic Malaria

Malaria places a significant social and economic burden on many tropical developing countries, further undermining the potential for growth. Development of rapid, easy-to-use and low-cost malaria diagnostic methods, with high sensitivity and specificity, remains an urgent priority for tropical diseases. More...
02 Mar 2021
Image: The Pharos Micro prototype used in pulse-controlled amplification for infectious disease diagnostics (Photo courtesy of Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology).

Pulse-Controlled Amplification Tested for Infectious Disease Diagnostics

Molecular diagnostics has become essential in the identification of many infectious and neglected diseases, and the detection of nucleic acids often serves as the gold standard technique for most infectious agents. More...
25 Feb 2021
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