NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – AdvanDx has filed for 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for a molecular test that can detect an infectious yeast in blood cells. 

 

The company’s Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH test detects up to five Candida yeast species from positive blood cultures in hours, rather days, AdvanDx said.

 

When it gets into the bloodstream, this yeast can cause Candidemia, which is frequently a hospital-acquired infection that affects over 24,000 US patients each year.