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Microbiology

Image: The Xpert hepatitis C (HCV) Viral Load Assay cartridge (Photo courtesy of Cepheid).

Rapid Hepatitis C Virus POC Test Evaluated

Current hepatitis C (HCV) testing includes two clinical visits. In the first visit, clinicians test for HCV antibodies, which would confirm only that the patient has been exposed to the virus. A second visit includes testing for HCV RNA to determine the presence of active infection. More...
05 Apr 2018
Image: A histological micrograph showing endometrium with abundant plasma cells, which are diagnostic for chronic endometritis and scattered neutrophils (Photo courtesy of Nephron).

Molecular Diagnostic Tool Developed for Chronic Endometritis

Chronic endometritis is a persistent inflammation of the endometrial mucosa caused by bacterial pathogens. Although chronic endometritis can be asymptomatic, it is found in up to 40% of infertile patients and is responsible for repeated implantation failure and recurrent miscarriage. More...
04 Apr 2018
Image: A histopathology of a deep vein inflammatory infiltrate with wall dissociated by edema, observed in a skin lesion of a leprosy patient suffering an erythema nodosum leprosum episode (Photo courtesy of Oswaldo Cruz Institute).

Unusual Blood Clots Characterized in Leprosy Patients

Leprosy is a chronic infection by Mycobacterium leprae and causes body-wide symptoms, deformities, and disability. It remains a public health problem worldwide, despite the existence of antibiotic combinations that can cure it. More...
03 Apr 2018
Image: In an outbreak of Legionnaires\' disease, finding the exact source as quickly as possible is essential to preventing further infections. Investigators have now developed a rapid test that identifies Legionella pneumophila in less than one hour. The photograph shows the use of the LegioTyper-chip with the MCR microarray analysis platform (Photo courtesy of Jonas Bemetz, Technical University of Munich).

Rapid Detection of Legionella Offered for Commercial Water Systems

A rapid (approximately one hour) DNA microarray-based assay is set to replace classical culture methods for identification of Legionella bacteria in commercial water systems. More...
02 Apr 2018
Image: Two Cholkit dipsticks showing characteristic negative (left image) and positive (right image) results after 15 minutes sample run (Photo courtesy of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research).

New Dipstick Rapidly Detects Cholera in Acute Diarrhea

Cholera is an acute watery diarrheal disease caused mainly by Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 and less commonly by V. cholerae O139. Cholera can lead to severe diarrhea and death if untreated. More...
29 Mar 2018
Image: The Lab-on-a-Chip system used with Raman spectroscopy to identify antibiotic resistance (Photo courtesy of Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology).

New Rapid Test Reports Antibiotic Resistance in Two Hours

Resistant bacteria are spreading worldwide, which makes fast antibiotic susceptibility testing and determination of the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) urgently necessary to select appropriate antibiotic therapy in time. More...
28 Mar 2018
Image: The bacterium Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Pakistan have developed greater drug resistance by acquiring a DNA plasmid encoding further antibiotic resistance genes from another bacteria (Photo courtesy of Dave Goulding, Wellcome Sanger Institute).

Typhoid Fever Bacteria Sequencing Reveals Drug Resistance Genes

Antibiotic resistance is a major problem in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, the causative agent of typhoid. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates are prevalent in parts of Asia and Africa and are often associated with the dominant H58 haplotype. More...
21 Mar 2018
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