meningitis
Abacus Diagnostica Gets CE Mark for Viral Meningitis, Encephalitis Test Kit
In addition to detecting the viruses that cause viral meningitis and encephalitis, the test kit can be used to identify herpes viruses.
Multi-Disease Diagnostic Platform Project Receives €22.5M in EU Funding
An international group of researchers aim to develop an approach that may be able to diagnose multiple conditions, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, sepsis, with one blood sample.
Eurobio Scientific to Commercialize CirrusDx Molecular Biology Instrument in France, North Africa
Eurobio Scientific will also develop new test kits for the T-COR 8, a real-time PCR thermocycler originally developed for the US Army.
Cancer, Vascular Events, Infections Account for Vast Majority of Misdiagnosis-Related Harm, Study Says
Within the "Big Three" conditions, misdiagnoses related to stroke, sepsis, and lung cancer accounted for the most high-severity diagnostic error cases.
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The team is now conducting additional studies of mNGS in plasma, as well as looking to reduce turnaround time by running the test on a nanopore sequencer.