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Rhode Island Hospital Wins $1M From CARB-X for Molecular Pneumonia Blood Test
The funding supports proof-of-concept studies of a direct-from-blood PCR test informed by RNA sequencing to detect pneumonia-causing bacteria.
Researchers in the US and Europe are implementing pathogen sequencing surveillance programs to track infectious diseases within hospitals.
Skin Microbiome Study Ties Staphylococcus Aureus to Severe Eczema Flares
Researchers sequenced samples from children with eczema and found that one S. aureus strain dominates during severe disease flares, though it varies by patient.
Software Program Aims to Rapidly Identify Drug Resistance from Bacterial Genome Sequences
Researchers in the UK have developed a faster way to gauge antibiotic resistance from bacterial genomes.
The service is the first fruit of an earlier collaboration signed between the companies, and BioMérieux plans to expand it to 10 other microbes over the next two years.