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Rapid Urine Test Detects Bacteria Causing Pneumonia

A simple, quick, first-of-a-kind urine test for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae, one of the bacteria that are a leading cause of pneumonia, can also be used with cerebral spinal fluid of patients with meningitis.   More...
28 Sep 2014
Image: Histopathology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN3) showing severe dysplasia that spans more than 2/3 of the epithelium, and may involve the full thickness. This lesion may sometimes also be referred to as cervical carcinoma in situ (Photo courtesy of KGH/Wikipedia Commons).

Clinical Results Presented for Urine-Based High-Risk HPV Assay

Two pilot studies have demonstrated that a urine-based assay for the detection of high-risk human papillomavirus had high sensitivity for identifying women with high grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.  More...
24 Sep 2014
Image: The modified Carba NP test for detecting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. The test is validated by yellow color for positive (+) and red for negative (-) (Photo courtesy of Dr. Patrice Nordmann).

Simple Inexpensive Test Rapidly Identifies Resistant Infections

The protocol for a relatively new test for a dangerous form of Gram-negative bacteria antibiotic resistance has been modified increasing its specificity to 100%.  More...
24 Sep 2014
Image: Digitally-colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) depicts numerous Chikungunya virus particles, which are composed of a central dense core that is surrounded by a viral envelope. Each virion is approximately 50 nm in diameter (Photo courtesy of Cynthia Goldsmith).

Molecular Test Finds Increased Chikungunya Virus Infections

Chikungunya is an infectious disease that causes fever, rash, and for a subset of patients, chronic joint pain. Pregnant women who acquire Chikungunya infection within one week of delivery can transmit the virus to their baby, which can lead to severe infection.  More...
24 Sep 2014
Image: The VITEK MS matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry system for microbial identification (Photo courtesy of BioMérieux).

Clinically Significant Yeasts Identified by MALDI-TOF MS Systems

The performance of two matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry systems has been evaluated for the identification of clinically significant yeast isolates.   More...
24 Sep 2014
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Innovative Technology Identifies Broad Range of Pathogens

A platform has been developed with the goal to deliver a broad range of tests that can identify hundreds of bacteria, fungi, and viruses directly from a patient specimen within eight hours.  More...
23 Sep 2014
Image: An acoustically powered pumping device with 250 micron long oscillating structures driven by a piezoelectric transducer mounted on a glass slide shown next to US copper penny (Photo courtesy of Po-Hsun Huang and Tony Jun Huang).

Micropump Developed for Lab-On-A-Chip Disease Diagnosis

A reliable, inexpensive, programmable pump is a crucial feature for lab-on-a-chip devices that could make the diagnosis of many global life-threatening diseases easy and affordable.  More...
18 Sep 2014
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