Microbiology
Urine Test Produces Antibiotic Susceptibility Results Directly
Antibiotic susceptibility testing, or AST, is a widely used method of evaluating antibiotic resistance and determining patient treatment plans in clinical settings. There are a number of different methods of AST such as agar dilution, broth dilution and disc diffusion assays. More...10 Jul 2019
Whole-Blood Testing Diagnoses Acute Zika Virus Infections
Zika virus infections are linked to congenital malformations in neonates from mothers infected during pregnancy and to neurologic disorders in adults. Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is the most reliable method for confirming Zika virus infections. More...04 Jul 2019
POC Urinalysis System Evaluated for Schistosomiasis
Schistosoma haematobium is one of the three main human species of digenetic trematodes, belonging to a group of blood flukes, and causes the urinary form of schistosomiasis and remains a significant public health problem worldwide, despite years of efforts to control it. More...02 Jul 2019
RT-LAMP Used to Genotype and Diagnose Chikungunya
Chikungunya virus has re-emerged as an important pathogen causing several outbreaks in the world. As the clinical symptoms of chikungunya are similar to other mosquito-borne febrile diseases, the definitive diagnosis of the disease is based on the detection of viral genome from the patient blood. More...27 Jun 2019
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