Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases ► Detection and Diagnosis

Genomics|Update|Infectious Diseases

Volume 34  Number 21  May 28 - June 4, 2015

Detection and Diagnosis

Histoplasmosis and skin lesions in HIV: a safe and accurate diagnosis.
Moreno-Coutiño G et al. Mycoses 2015 May 25.

Plasma concentration of parasite DNA as a measure of disease severity in falciparum malaria.
Imwong M et al. J. Infect. Dis. 2015 Apr 1. (7) 1128-33

Laboratory diagnosis of noroviruses: present and future.
Pang X et al. Clin. Lab. Med. 2015 Jun (2) 345-362

Molecular methods for identification and characterization of novel papillomaviruses.
Kocjan BJ et al. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2015 May 20.

Development of two real-time multiplex PCR assays for the detection and quantification of eight key bacterial pathogens in lower respiratory tract infection.
Gadsby NJ et al. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2015 May 13.

Clinical consequences of new diagnostic tools for intestinal parasites.
van Lieshout L et al. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. 2015 Apr 2.

Comparison of a quantitative PCR assay with peripheral blood smear examination for detection and quantitation of Babesia microti infection in humans.
Wang G et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jun (2) 109-13

Pneumocystis jirovecii in the air surrounding patients with Pneumocystis pulmonary colonization.
Le Gal S et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jun (2) 137-42

Assay for estimating total bacterial load: relative qPCR normalisation of bacterial load with associated clinical implications.
Brukner I et al. Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2015 May 2.

Validation of a phage-open reading frame typing kit for rapid identification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) transmission in a tertiary hospital.
Takahashi H et al. Infect Drug Resist 2015 107-11

Discrepancy in MALDI-TOF MS identification of uncommon Gram-negative bacteria from lower respiratory secretions in patients with cystic fibrosis.
AbdulWahab A et al. Infect Drug Resist 2015 83-8