Fast Track Diagnostics Enteric Fever Kit

Fast Track Diagnostics has launched a kit to detect the pathogens that cause enteric fever, also known as typhoid or paratyphoid fever. The FTlyo Enteric fever kit includes blood collection tubes containing a proprietary Salmonella enrichment broth, ready-to-use multiplex PCR for detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi, and an internal control. The reagents required for the PCR are lyophilized in single-patient sample tubes that can be stored at room temperature, and clinicians need only add extracted nucleic acids to begin the eight-hour detection workflow.