Microbiology
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
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
![Image: Photomicrograph of Fusobacterium necrophorum (Photo courtesy of the CDC - [US] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).](https://globetechcdn.com.axis1.net/mobile_labmedica/images/stories/articles/article_images/2015-02-23/GMS-052.jpg "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
Diagnosticians Face Difficulties Distinguishing Chikungunya Virus Infection from Rheumatoid Arthritis
A study involving 10 American travelers who contracted Chikungunya virus infection in Haiti has highlighted the similarities between this viral infection and rheumatoid arthritis and emphasized the difficulty faced by diagnosticians. More...10 Feb 2015
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