bacterial infections
Asymptomatic C. Difficile Carriers Prone to Progress to Infection in the Hospital
A longitudinal study of ICU patients found that transition from asymptomatic C. difficile carriage to full-blown infection was far more common than transmission between patients.
Endometriosis Linked to Bacterial Infection, Suggesting Treatment With Antibiotics
Researchers found that infection with Fusobacterium, which can be treated with antibiotics, leads to gene expression and cellular changes involved in the onset of endometriosis.
The firm recently received a European Innovation Council grant worth €5.7 million, and is planning further clinical validation of its platform while it eyes a US entry as soon as next year.
Gastric Cancer Risk Variants, Pathogen Interactions Found in Retrospective Study
Sequencing on gastric cancer cases and controls helped flag nine susceptibility genes, including genes that interact with Helicobacter pylori infection to bump up risk.
Rapid Pathogen ID/AST Market Begins to Recover Post-COVID as Drug-Resistant Infections Spike
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Although bacterial and fungal drug resistance rates increased during the pandemic, a heavy focus on COVID testing has slowed adoption of novel ID/AST technologies.