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Microbiology

Panel Improves Diagnosis of Candida in Pediatric Patients

In an investigational study of pediatric patients, a Candida test panel provided accurate, fast diagnosis with only 2 mL of blood.  More...
15 Jul 2015
Image: An immunochromatographic strip tested with a serum sample from a visceral leishmaniasis patient, both the control and the test line turned pink (Photo courtesy of Chinese National Institute of Parasitic Diseases).

Immunochromatographic Test Developed for Visceral Leishmaniasis

The available diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis are either invasive and require considerable expertise such as the parasitological demonstration of the parasite in tissue smears or unable to distinguish between past and active infection as in serological methods.  More...
15 Jul 2015
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Rapid Ebola Test Validated in Field Trials

At present, diagnosis of Ebolavirus disease requires transport of venipuncture blood to field biocontainment laboratories for testing by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), resulting in delays that complicate patient care and infection control efforts.  More...
15 Jul 2015
Image: Egg of Schistosoma haematobium in a wet mount of urine concentrates, showing the characteristic terminal spine (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Biosensor-Based Rapid Urine Test Detects Urogenital Schistosomiasis

In infrastructure-limited regions, point-of-care molecular diagnostics hold the potential to transform the management of infectious diseases such as schistosomiasis that carry significant long-term morbidity if left undiagnosed.  More...
14 Jul 2015
Image:  Thermal desorption/gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TD/GC-MS) (Photo courtesy of Markes International).

Lower Respiratory Tract Pathogens Analyzed by Breath Test

Healthcare associated infections, including ventilator associated pneumonia, are difficult to diagnose and treat, and are associated with significant morbidity, mortality and cost.  More...
14 Jul 2015
Image: Scanning electron microscope micrograph showing a mass of Yersinia pestis bacteria in the foregut of an infected flea (Photo courtesy of the [US] National Institutes of Health).

Recent Mutations Responsible for Plague Bacteria's Virulence

A team of molecular microbiologists has found that acquisition of single protein early in its existence enabled the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis to invade lung tissue, but that it required later mutations of this gene to enable the organism to rapidly spread to the lymph nodes and cause the bubonic form of the disease.  More...
12 Jul 2015
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Tissue Microbiological Diagnostics Improved by High-Throughput Homogenizer

Tissue specimens are valuable materials for microbiological diagnostics and require swift and accurate processing but established processing methods are complex, labor intensive, hardly if at all standardizable, and prone to incorporate contaminants.   More...
08 Jul 2015
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