A trend towards the abandonment of obtaining pure culture isolates in frontline laboratories
is at a crossroads with the ability of public health agencies to perform their basic mandate of …

Syndromic panels have allowed clinical microbiology laboratories to rapidly identify
bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites and are now fully integrated into many clinical …

Background Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of mortality in children worldwide, but
establishing the cause can be complicated by diverse diagnostic approaches and varying …

abstract The development and implementation of highly multiplexed molecular diagnostic
tests have allowed clinical microbiology laboratories to more rapidly and sensitively detect a …

In high-income countries, antibiotics should not routinely be given to patients with acute
diarrhea unless testing demonstrates a pathogen for which antibiotics are indicated, and …

A 10-year experience of our automated molecular diagnostic platform that carries out 91
different real-time PCR is described. Progresses and future perspectives in molecular …

Common causes of chronic diarrhea among travelers worldwide include protozoan
parasites. The majority of parasitic infections are caused by Giardia duodenalis, Entamoeba …

Background Faecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 has raised concerns about transmission
through faecal microbiota transplantation procedures. Validation parameters of authorised …

As one of the most recent additions to the syndromic testing landscape, the ePlex® platform
by GenMark Diagnostics is a system that combines the manufacturer's signature …

The challenges of diagnosing infectious disease, especially in the developing world, and the
shortcomings of available instrumentation have exposed the need for portable, easy-to-use …