This "bacterial litmus test," which currently measures levels ... establish ways to produce only one or the other at a time -- a challenge that their work shows can be feasibly addressed, though ...

Because actual production filters cannot undergo bacterial-challenge testing, integrity testing is performed to demonstrate bacterial-retention equivalence. If the integrity-test values obtained for ...

This knowledge could enable doctors to distinguish between bacterial and ... “The challenge is now to transform our findings into a diagnostic test that can be used in hospital emergency ...

A major challenge in treating such diseases is ... With current methods, it can take a lot of time to test for bacterial or viral infections," explains first author Sathyabaarathi Ravichandran ...

MeMed researchers developed the ImmunoXpert test to accurately distinguish between bacterial and viral infections ... The Perpetual Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance. JAMA 2014 ...

Tracking down the spore-forming bacterium is a real challenge because it lives in the human gut with ... “About 80 percent of hospitals don’t have the resources to test for C. difficile with quick ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A blood test that quickly detects bacterial infection may help hospitals avoid the overuse of antibiotics and the dangers of antibiotic resistance if it proves effective in ...

Researchers have developed a breath-based test for bacterial infections, using the same concepts employed in a breathalyzer (above). Image via Wikimedia Commons We’re all familiar with the ...

A new, non-invasive breath test has emerged as a potential breakthrough for rapidly diagnosing bacterial infections and tracking treatment effectiveness. Developed by researchers from the ...

Researchers at Amsterdam UMC have developed a new diagnostic test that can quickly and accurately diagnose bacterial meningitis. The test measures the CRP protein in cerebrospinal fluid ...