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Multiplex Assay Identifies Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli

A rapid, reliable and repeatable method is urgently needed for identifying diarrheagenic Escherichia coli so as to provide the reference for responding to diarrheal disease outbreaks and the treatment of the diarrheal patients associated with DEC.  More...
14 Aug 2014
Image: The Veriti 96-Well Thermal Cycler for polymerase chain reactions (PCR) (Photo courtesy of Applied Biosystems).

Multiplex Nested PCR Detects Bloodstream Candida Species

A multiplex nested polymerase chain reaction method has been developed to detect and identify seven Candida species in peripheral blood samples of critically ill pediatric patients.   More...
14 Aug 2014
Image: Typical colonies of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) grew and formed blue-colored colonies on MRSA-chrom media after 24 hours of incubation at 35 °C (Photo courtesy of Kohjin Bio Co., Ltd).

Novel Chromogenic Screening Medium Developed for MRSA

A novel chromogenic screening agar medium for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has been developed, as rapid and definite detection of MRSA is important not only diagnosis but also for preventing the spread of this bacteria.  More...
13 Aug 2014
Image: Electron micrograph of human papillomavirus (HPV) (Photo courtesy of the [US] National Institutes of Health).

DNA-Based Test Predicts Likelihood of HPV-Linked Oral Cancer Recurrence

A recent paper described using a real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to detect human papillomavirus DNA in saliva and blood for the diagnosis of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma and to predict likelihood of recurrence of the disease after treatment.   More...
13 Aug 2014
Image: A lab-on-chip to identify and differentiate tropical pathogens (Photo courtesy of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research).

Lab-on-Chip Identifies and Differentiates Tropical Pathogens

Tropical pathogens often cause febrile illnesses in humans and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality and the similarities in clinical symptoms provoked by these pathogens make diagnosis difficult.  More...
13 Aug 2014
Image:  The Procleix Panther System is a highly evolved, fully integrated and automated NAT (nucleic acid technology) system for blood and plasma screening (Photo courtesy of Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc.).

Fully Automated Hepatitis E Virus Assay Now CE-marked

Clinical laboratories in Europe now have available a fully automated and highly sensitive nucleic acid technology test with CE-marking for the detection of Hepatitis E virus RNA in donors of blood, blood components, tissues, and organs.   More...
06 Aug 2014
Image: Photomicrograph of Coccidioides immitis in lung tissue showing as large, irregularly sized thick walled spherules (Photo courtesy of Dr. William McDonald, MD).

Microarray Diagnostic Tool Helps Diagnose Valley Fever

Valley fever is a fungal respiratory infection and can be acquired when microscopic spores of the soil-dwelling fungus are inhaled and VF is difficult to diagnose partly because symptoms are confounded with other community-acquired pneumonias.  More...
05 Aug 2014
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