A collaborative team has re-engineered the process of microbial pathogen identification in blood samples from pediatric sepsis patients using broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology. The advance ...

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In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers identified a wide variety of pathogenic organisms using plasma microbial cell-free deoxyribonucleic acid (mcfDNA) sequencing.

A new technology, called MALDI-TOF MS, that identifies bacteria and fungi in patient specimens, is more efficient and cost-effective than conventional methods, according to a study by researchers at ...

Infection related severe pneumonia and sepsis are often life- threatening. Sepsis alone, kills approximately 11 million people worldwide every year. To substantially reduce the risk of death, accurate ...

Infectious diseases present a great challenge to global health and its economy. The 2020 SARS- CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the importance of rapid identification, characterization and surveillance of ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background. Metagenomic shotgun sequencing has the potential to change how many infections, particularly those caused by difficult-to-culture ...

A study published today examines the evolutionary and epidemiologic history of an epidemic strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) -- called LAM4/KZN. This strain was first reported ...

LONDON – Oxford University spinout Oxdx Ltd. has raised £2.6 million (US$3.6 million) in pre-seed funding to advance development of a technology for directly identifying infectious pathogens without ...

(LONDON) — A collaborative team led by researchers from Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSH), London and including researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired ...