Lyme disease can be treated simply and effectively if caught early. However, significant challenges are associated with current tests. CLI chatted to Prof. Monica Embers (Tulane National Biomedical Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA) to discover more about her single-tier test process that allows effective diagnosis at early stages of the disease.
Diagnosis of central nervous system vasculitis caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV) infection requires detection of intrathecally synthesized anti-VZV antibodies. One way of doing this is to test paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples and to calculate the antibody index using the Reiber formula. This method is not commonly used in the USA but can […]
by Dr Dagmara Lewandowska Peri-implantitis and mucositis are common inflammatory microbial-biofilm diseases affecting tissues surrounding dental implants. Understanding the human oral microbiome may hold the key to developing tailored and highly effective personalized treatments for these diseases. Liquid-handling automation, combined with magnetic bead separation, enables reliable, high-throughput next-generation sequencing library preparation for this crucial microbiome […]
With an increasingly elderly population, joint replacement surgery is being performed more and more often. Infection around the prosthesis is becoming a more common reason for revision surgery and appropriate antibiotic treatment benefits from accurate diagnosis of the pathogen(s) involved. Current protocols use a standard 10- to 14-day incubation period but a recent publication has […]
by Dr Osaretin Emmanuel Asowata The detection of Pneumocystis jirovecii in immunocompromised patients is crucial for the treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) and to prevent invasive infection. However, PCP can be challenging to diagnose clinically, as symptoms are non-specific. There are several laboratory methods that can be used to diagnose PCP and their advantages […]
Two prominent European biospecimen and life sciences companies have combined to strengthen research capabilities across Europe and North America, marking significant expansion in biospecimen services and stem cell research sectors.
What we learned from the last pandemic, which no one saw coming, is that it is difficult to answer the question “How should microbiology laboratories be prepared for the next unknown?” However, the last pandemic also taught us that it is imperative to try to answer such a question. In this article we will try […]
Stratix Labs has unveiled Instant Inoculator QC microorganisms, a novel ready-to-use product that delivers reference microorganisms to solid media with a simple one-step method. Each device comes individually sealed with authentic reference microorganisms coated and preserved on the applicator region.
A thorough understanding of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 is necessary for the evaluation of the efficacy of vaccines and vaccine candidates against this virus. This article discusses how some parts of the humoral and cellular immune responses can be analysed to improve our understanding of how the body reacts to this virus.
Clinical microbiology laboratories were central to the tough but successful fight against infectious diseases in the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries, and resonate in the names of now-iconic figures from Jenner, Pasteur and Lister to Koch, Gram and Fleming.
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