Diphtheria diagnostic capacity in the Western Pacific Region

Autor: Santosh Gurung, Amy Trindall, Lucy Reeve, Adroulla Efstratiou, Varja Grabovac

Publikováno v: Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 46-49 (2019)

Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease affecting the upper respiratory tract and occasionally the skin and is caused by the action of diphtheria toxin produced by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotube

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Comparison of Inoculation with the InoqulA and WASP Automated Systems with Manual Inoculation

Autor: Guy Prod'hom, Gilbert Greub, Antony Croxatto, Klaas Dijkstra

Publikováno v: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 2298-2307

The quality of sample inoculation is critical for achieving an optimal yield of discrete colonies in both monomicrobial and polymicrobial samples to perform identification and antibiotic susceptibility testing. Consequently, we compared the performan

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https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.03076-14

Importance of whole genome sequencing for the assessment of outbreaks in diagnostic laboratories: analysis of a case series of invasive Streptococcus pyogenes infections

Autor: G. Praz, B. Aubert, N. Troillet, Florian Tagini, Sandra A. Asner, P. A. Crisinel, Trestan Pillonel, Gilbert Greub, Guy Prod'hom

Publikováno v: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 1173-1180

Outbreaks of Streptococcus pyogenes hypervirulent clones are constant public health threats. In western Switzerland, an increase of severe cases of S. pyogenes invasive infections was observed between December 2015 and March 2016. Our aim was (i) to

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28124734

Laboratory Evaluation of a Dual Rapid Immunodiagnostic Test for HIV and Syphilis Infection

Autor: Lourdes B. Ramos, Claire C. Bristow, Juan A Flores, Carlos F. Caceres, Silver K. Vargas, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Segundo R. Leon, Kelika A. Konda

Publikováno v: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 53:311-313

New dual tests for HIV and syphilis have been developed. Our study aimed to evaluate the laboratory performance of a dual rapid immunodiagnostic test for HIV and syphilis. Our evaluation showed high performance of this dual rapid test, which should b

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https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.02763-14

Which anatomical sites should be sampled for screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage by culture or by rapid PCR test?

Autor: Patrick Basset, Dominique S. Blanc, Giorgio Zanetti, I. Nahimana, Laurence Senn

Publikováno v: Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. E31-3

The nose is the anatomical site usually recommended for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening. Other sites are also recommended, but are more controversial. We showed that the sensitivities of MRSA detection from nasal swabs al

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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03724.x