Infectious Disease - Diagnostics News & Articles

1 T1-Weighted Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MR Evaluation of Different Stages of Neurocysticercosis and Its Relationship with Serum MMP-9 Expression American Journal of Neuroradiology, May 21, 2013    Clinical Article

2 Correlative Imaging With 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI in Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis Clinical Nuclear Medicine , May 21, 2013

3 The use of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of bone and joint infection: a systemic review and meta-analysis European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 20, 2013    Evidence Based Medicine    Review Article    Clinical Article

4 Early phase viral kinetics of chronic hepatitis C patients receiving telaprevir-based triple therapy: A comparison of two real-time PCR assays Antiviral Research , May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

5 Laboratory evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

6 The use of imaging to detect schistosomes and diagnose schistosomiasis Parasite Immunology, May 20, 2013    Review Article

7 Comparative Performance of Thin Layer Agar and Löwenstein-Jensen Culture for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Clinical Microbiology and Infection, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

8 Incidence of Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Correlation of Conventional Diagnostic Methods with Nested PCR and Real-Time PCR Assay Using BAL Fluid in Intensive Care Unit Patients Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, May 20, 2013    Clinical Article

9 Rapid, Simple and Sensitive Detection of Q Fever by Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification of the htpAB Gene Full Text PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, May 17, 2013    Clinical Article

10 Biotechnology advances: A perspective on the diagnosis and research of Rabies Virus Biologicals, May 17, 2013    Review Article

11 Ten-year mortality trends among persons diagnosed with HIV infection in England and Wales in the era of antiretroviral therapy: AIDS remains a silent killer HIV Medicine, May 16, 2013    Clinical Article

12 Nervous System Lyme Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment Current Treatment Options in Neurology, May 15, 2013    Clinical Article

13 Diagnostic accuracy and effectiveness of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of HIV-associated lymph node tuberculosis European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

14 Rapid method for Mycobacterium tuberculosis identification using electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry analysis of mycolic acids Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

15 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent/chemiluminescence assays, recombinant immunoblot assays and nucleic acid tests in the diagnosis of HCV infection European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, May 14, 2013    Clinical Article

16 Laboratory Diagnosis of HIV in Adults: A Review of Current Methods Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 13, 2013    Review Article    Clinical Article

17 Over-diagnosis of malaria by microscopy in the Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania: an evaluation of the utility and cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests Full Text Malaria Journal, May 13, 2013    Clinical Article

18 Systematic application of multiplex PCR enhances the detection of bacteria, parasites, and viruses in stool samples Journal of Infection, May 10, 2013    Clinical Article

19 Evaluation of the Cobas TaqMan MTB real-time PCR assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens Journal of Medical Microbiology, May 10, 2013    Clinical Article

20 Novel protease-based diagnostic devices for detection of wound infection Wound Repair and Regeneration, May 10, 2013    Review Article