Microbiology

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• Undiagnosed Chagas Disease Emerging as Public Health Threat

• DNA-Based Droplet System Rapidly Detects Bacterial Infection in the Bloodstream

• Novel Sequence Analysis Services Improve Pathogen Identification

• Biomarkers Point-of-Care Tests Guide Antibiotic Prescription

• Rapid Diagnostic Test for Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Reviewed

• Toxigenic Clostridium Difficile Molecular Assay Evaluated

• World's First Open-Source Real-Time PCR Thermocycler Launched

• Enterovirus D68 Genome Sequenced

• Single Rapid Test Detects Known and Unknown Pathogens

• Urine Test Developed for Congenital Chagas Disease

• Prognostic Biomarker Found for Post-Chemotherapeutic Relapse in Visceral Leishmaniasis

• Rapid Test Diagnoses Severe Sepsis

• New PCR Variants Evaluated for Global Diagnostics of Leishmaniasis

• Analysis of Volatile Substances in Breath of Pneumonia Patients Confirms Fungal Infection Diagnosis

• Rapid Molecular Test Developed for Enterovirus D68

• Diagnostic Test Kits for Dengue Virus Detection Evaluated

• Device Developed for Rapid On-Site Pathogen Diagnostics

• Stability of Fecal Specimens for Bacterial Diagnostics Investigated

• New Low-Cost Technique Detects Rotavirus

• Infection Can Lead to False Negatives for Cerebrospinal Fluid β-2 Transferrin

• Respiratory Viruses Detected by Sensitive Molecular Technique

• Shotgun Metagenomic Technique Detects Tuberculosis Bacteria in Patient Samples Without Culture or Enrichment

• Rapid Agglutination Latex Test Developed for Diarrheagenic Pathogens