Background. Nucleic acid amplification tests are sensitive and specific for identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum smear–positive populations, but they are less sensitive in sputum ...

Clinicians found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results for SARS-CoV-2 in the sputum or feces after the pharyngeal swabs became negative ...

Avalon GloboCare Corp (NASDAQ:ALBT) announced that Laboratory Services MSO (LSM) is now offering an in-house laboratory-developed test to detect tuberculosis using a patient’s sputum sample. Avalon ...

Princeton University and collaborators have developed SHINE-TB, a one-sample, parallelized reaction amplification and detection CRISPR assay that detects Mycobacterium tuberculosis directly from ...

Early and accurate detection is critical for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and providing appropriate care for patients. Nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, which require inserting a long shaft into the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Microbial diversity was more prevalent in patients with cured vs. treatment-resistant nontuberculosis ...

SOUTHAMPTON, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synairgen plc (LSE: SNG), the respiratory company developing SNG001, an investigational formulation for inhalation containing the broad-spectrum antiviral ...

Clinicians from the Institute of Infectious Diseases at Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University found that some patients had positive real-time fluorescence polymerase chain reaction ...