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Image: The Bio-Plex Pro Human Cytokine Screening 48-plex panel (Photo courtesy of Bio-Rad Laboratories).

Early Differences in Cytokine Production Distinguish Severity of COVID-19

Most COVID-19 patients experience asymptomatic/mild symptoms, but some suffer critical symptoms requiring intensive care. It is important to determine how asymptomatic/mild patients react to SARS-CoV-2 infection and suppress virus spread. More...
27 Jan 2021
Image: The Atellica UAS800 is a completely automated urine sediment analyzer powered by advanced high-resolution digital imaging (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers).

Automated Urine Microscopy Analyzer Detects Uropathogen Morphology

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infectious disease frequently encountered in daily life and is a representative infection that can cause serious sepsis. UTIs are very difficult to diagnose, and unnecessary treatment with antibacterial drugs of conditions with positive urine culture due to asymptomatic bacteria and vulvar‐contaminated urine is often wasteful. More...
26 Jan 2021
Image: Blood smear from a P. falciparum culture: several red blood cells have ring stages inside them while close to the center is a schizont and on the left a trophozoite (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Panel of MicroRNAs Differentiates Uncomplicated and Severe Malaria in Children

MicroRNAs (miRNAs), which are rapidly released from damaged tissues into the host fluids, constitute a promising biomarker for the prognosis of severe malaria. More...
25 Jan 2021
Image: An enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) for serum neurofilament light chain (Photo courtesy of UmanDiagnostics AB).

Increased Serum Neurofilament Light Portend Worse Prognosis in COVID-19

There is emerging evidence for multifarious neurological manifestations of COVID‐19, while little is known whether they reflect structural damage to the nervous system. The most commonly reported neurological manifestations of COVID-19 were myalgia, headache, altered sensorium, hyposmia, and hypogeusia. More...
19 Jan 2021
Image: Fluorescence staining of lymph node containing spegs from patients with cystic echinococcosis (Photo courtesy of University of Ulm).

Immunohistological Detection of Small Particles of Echinococcus Species Evaluated

Echinococcosis, also known as Hydatid Disease, is a life-threatening disease in humans that is caused by the larval stages of the tapeworms Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus s.l. The two main types of this disease are cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE). More...
18 Jan 2021
Image: The Microflex LT MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer and Rapid Sepsityper kit for the identification of pathogenic organisms (Photo courtesy of Bruker Daltonics).

MALDI-TOF-MS Evaluated for Rapid Diagnosis of Bacteremia and Fungemia

When sepsis occurs, it is essential to begin an effective and potent antibacterial or antifungal treatment as soon as possible as early administration and achievement of microbicidal concentrations are associated with better survival in community-acquired and hospital-acquired septicemia. More...
13 Jan 2021
Image: Reduced prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in blood group O individuals reported in Denmark (Photo courtesy of Odense University Hospital).

Blood Type Linked to Risk Of COVID-19 Infection Severity

Identification of risk factors for contracting and developing serious illness following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is of paramount interest. Development of COVID-19 is associated with age, sex, and comorbidities, such as cardiovascular diseases, although severe disease is not limited to these risk groups. More...
04 Jan 2021
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