Medical Xpress

PCR panels reduce costs, hospitalizations and antibiotic use for acute GI infections

Acute gastroenteritis afflicts adults of all ages, causing significant suffering and inflicting significant costs on the American healthcare system. A new study encompassing nearly 40,000 hospital ...
Business Wire

Mobidiag Announces Release of Amplidiag® Easy, a Proprietary Molecular extraction and PCR Setup System Allowing Automation of Multiplex PCR directly from Stool Samples

ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mobidiag Ltd, a Finnish molecular diagnostics company, today announced the CE-IVD marking of Amplidiag® Easy, a proprietary system allowing nucleic acid extraction and ...
News Medical

Multiplex PCR panels associated with reduced administration of antibiotics to hospitalized GI patients

Acute gastroenteritis afflicts adults of all ages, causing significant suffering and inflicting significant costs on the American healthcare system. A new study encompassing nearly 40,000 hospital ...
Healio

Repeat PCR testing ‘should not be used’ to predict recurrent C. difficile infection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Saha and colleagues conducted a prospective study of 50 patients (median age, 51 years; 66% female) with CDI at ...
Labroots

Talking diagnostics: A "culture" moving to PCR

Laboratories performing diagnostic testing for infectious diseases have an obligation to meet the needs of multiple patient populations. With infectious disease, time it takes for reporting can have ...