scholarly journals 420. A Rapid PCR Assay Detects Fungemia Due to Mixed Candida Species That Is Missed by the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S160-S160
Author(s):  
Cornelius J Clancy ◽  
Hassan Badrane ◽  
M Hong Nguyen
2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (12) ◽  
pp. 2854-2856 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Dekker

Whole-genome sequence databases offer newin silicoapproaches for designing and validating PCR assays in the clinical microbiology laboratory. An article in this issue of theJournal of Clinical Microbiology(M. J. Jansen van Rensburg, C. Swift, A. J. Cody, C. Jenkins, and M. C. J. Maiden, J Clin Microbiol, 54:2882–2890, 2016,http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01522-16) demonstrates the use of publicly available genomic sequence data to evaluate a PCR assay for distinguishingCampylobacterspecies.


Author(s):  
Kami D Kies ◽  
Amber S Thomas ◽  
Matthew J Binnicker ◽  
Kelli L Bashynski ◽  
Robin Patel

Abstract Enteroviral meningitis is seasonal, typically exhibiting a rise in prevalence in late summer/early fall. Based on clinical microbiology laboratory testing data of cerebrospinal fluid, the expected August/September/October peak in enteroviral meningitis did not occur in 2020, possibly related to COVID-19 mitigation strategies.


Pathology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 754-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eloise Williams ◽  
Katherine Bond ◽  
Brian Chong ◽  
Dawn Giltrap ◽  
Malcolm Eaton ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1416-1417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard B. Thomson

The Gram stain is one of the most commonly performed tests in the clinical microbiology laboratory, yet it is poorly controlled and lacks standardization. It was once the best rapid test in microbiology, but it is no longer trusted by many clinicians. The publication by Samuel et al. (J. Clin. Microbiol. 54:1442–1447, 2016,http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03066-15) is a start for those who want to evaluate and improve Gram stain performance. In an age of emerging rapid molecular results, is the Gram stain still relevant? How should clinical microbiologists respond to the call to reduce Gram stain error rates?


2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 2293-2295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Sánchez-Chardi ◽  
Francesc Olivares ◽  
Thomas F. Byrd ◽  
Esther Julián ◽  
Cecilia Brambilla ◽  
...  

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