Rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) of the causative agent
(s) of bloodstream infections (BSIs) are essential for the prompt administration of an effective …

Purpose We sought to determine whether an early high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-
C) measurement at emergency department (ED) admission is prognostic of multiorgan …

Sepsis is a heterogeneous disease caused by an infection stimulus that triggers several
complex local and systemic immuno-inflammatory reactions, which results in multiple organ …

Healthcare‐associated infections (HCAIs) affect hundreds of millions of patients,
representing a significant burden for public health. They are usually associated to multidrug …

Sepsis, an infectious disease affecting millions of people's health worldwide each year, calls
for urgent attention to an improvement of analytical devices. Chemiluminescence …

This systematic review evaluated the potential clinical use of microfluidic lab-on-a-chip
(LOC) technology in the identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing of E. faecalis in …

Abstract Background Bloodstream infections (BSIs) often lead to critical illness and death.
The primary aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the biomarkers C …

Aims: This study was aimed to directly diagnose bacterial pathogens from clinical specimens
by amplifying and sequencing their 16S rRNA gene compared with traditional methods …

Recently, brucellosis has been increasingly recognized in patients with comorbid medical
conditions and in immunocompromised individuals [1]. The infective dose is relatively low as …

Background: It is of great importance to quickly and accurately detect Brucella abortus and
Brucella melitensis from clinical and non-clinical samples because of their high prevalence …