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Image: The Idylla cartridge fully automated, molecular diagnostics system (Photo courtesy of Biocartis).

Rapid Ebolavirus Triage Test Developed

A Rapid Ebolavirus Triage Test is designed to enable healthcare workers, even in challenging environments, to test blood samples and aims at providing accurate and fast diagnosis of Ebola. The test is designed to offer a unique combination of speed, sensitivity, accuracy and ease-of-use required for outbreaks where time is of the essence.   More...
25 Feb 2015
Image: Adult female of Strongyloides stercoralis collected in bronchial fluid of a patient with disseminated disease (Photo courtesy of Sacro Cuore Hospital).

Five Serologic Tests Evaluated for Threadworm Infection Follow-Up

Traditional fecal-based methods have poor sensitivity for the detection of Strongyloides stercoralis, therefore are inadequate for post-treatment evaluation of infected patients who should be carefully monitored to exclude the persistence of the infection.  More...
25 Feb 2015

Pivotal Study Supports Modern Blood Test Over Common Skin Test for Latent Tuberculosis Screening

A groundbreaking study in China finds, by comparison with results from a highly accurate commercial test, that screening with a still commonly used tuberculin skin test for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection clearly results in unacceptably high numbers of false positives and overestimation of infection rates. Determination of lower prevalence rates is critical for increasing effectiveness and efficiency of LTBI screening as a tool in reducing the TB public health burden.  More...
24 Feb 2015
Image: The NucliSENS Easy Q Real-time Rapid Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification Platform (Photo courtesy of BioMérieux).

Immune Biomarkers Predict Early Death in HIV Patients with TB

Doctors treating patients battling both human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis, many of whom live in Africa, are faced with the decision when to start those patients on antiretroviral therapy while they are being treated with antibiotics for active TB disease.   More...
23 Feb 2015
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New Test Diagnoses C. difficile with One Assay and No Retesting

A new CE-IVD certified molecular test provides rapid, accurate, single-test detection of toxigenic Clostridium difficile without the need for confirmatory retesting.  More...
23 Feb 2015
Image: Photomicrograph of Fusobacterium necrophorum (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).

Lemierre's Syndrome Bacteria Are Responsible for Many Cases of Sore Throat Among Adolescents in the US

A recent study conducted at a student health clinic in the United States found that more cases of severe sore throat among young adults were caused by the bacteriumFusobacterium necrophorum than by hemolytic streptococci or by Mycoplasma pneumoniae.  More...
23 Feb 2015
Image: The CrAg lateral flow assay to detect cryptococcal antigens (Photo courtesy of Immuno-Mycologics).

Lateral Flow Immunoassay Validated for Detection of Cryptococcal Antigen

Cryptococcosis is an important and potentially lethal opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients, especially in human immunodeficiency virus infected and organ transplant patients.   More...
23 Feb 2015
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