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Image: Carbapenem disc diffusion susceptibility testing of the pandrug-resistant isolate of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Mueller-Hinton agar. In the center are three sets of discs of ertapenem, meropenem, and imipenem (top to bottom) alongside ceftazidime-avibactam (Photo courtesy of University of Miami).

Certain Antibiotic Combinations Could Target Heteroresistance

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a significant threat to human health, with one estimate suggesting they will cause 10 million worldwide deaths per year by 2050, surpassing deaths due to cancer. More...
03 Jul 2019
Image: The CLINITEK Status+ analyzer provides results for routine urine tests, kidney disease and pregnancy tests (Photo courtesy of Siemens Healthineers).

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
Image: Fusobacterium novum in liquid culture. Fusobacterium flourishes in colon cancer cells, and is often also associated with ulcerative colitis (Photo courtesy of the CDC).

Microbiome Study Links Gut Bacteria to Specific Diseases

The mix of bacteria comprising the human gut microbiome is linked to the development of specific diseases and syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and chronic depression. More...
01 Jul 2019
Image: Blue-stained dots are Chikungunya virus particles peppering the surface of an infected cell (Photo courtesy of Institute Pasteur/Thérèse Couderc).

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
Image: A scanning electron photomicrograph of Candida albicans yeast cells (Photo courtesy of Science Photo Library).

Immune-Related Gene Implicated in Chronic Candida Infection Risk

Candida vaginitis is a frequent clinical diagnosis with up to 8% of women experiencing recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) globally. RVVC is characterized by at least three episodes per year. More...
26 Jun 2019
Image: The HiSeq 2500 high-throughput sequencing system (Photo courtesy of Illumina).

Clinical Metagenomic Sequencing Improves Diagnosis of Neurological Infections

Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (NGS) is a promising approach for the diagnosis of infectious disease because a comprehensive spectrum of potential causes, viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic, can be identified by a single assay. More...
26 Jun 2019
Protocol summary of Vibrio cholerae DNA harvest from specimens preserved on filter paper cards (Photo courtesy of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute).

Cholera Diagnosed from Dried Spotted Filter Paper

 Cholera outbreaks can rapidly induce high death tolls by overwhelming the capacity of health facilities, especially in remote areas or areas of civil unrest. Global estimates for cholera annually approximate four million cases worldwide with 95,000 deaths. More...
20 Jun 2019
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