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Diagnosing Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: A review of current methods and novel approaches by Bateman, Marjorie, Oladele, Rita, Kolls, Jay K

“…Abstract Pneumocystis jirovecii can cause life-threatening pneumonia in immunocompromised patients. Traditional diagnostic testing has relied on staining and…”
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A Decade of Development of Chromogenic Culture Media for Clinical Microbiology in an Era of Molecular Diagnostics by Perry, John D

“…In the last 25 years, chromogenic culture media have found widespread application in diagnostic clinical microbiology. In the last decade, the range of media…”
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Electrochemical biosensors for pathogen detection by Cesewski, Ellen, Johnson, Blake N.

“…Recent advances in electrochemical biosensors for pathogen detection are reviewed. Electrochemical biosensors for pathogen detection are broadly reviewed in…”
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Contamination in Low Microbial Biomass Microbiome Studies: Issues and Recommendations by Eisenhofer, Raphael, Minich, Jeremiah J., Marotz, Clarisse, Cooper, Alan, Knight, Rob, Weyrich, Laura S.

“…Next-generation sequencing approaches in microbiome research have allowed surveys of microbial communities, their genomes, and their functions with higher…”
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A Gastrointestinal PCR Panel Improves Clinical Management and Lowers Health Care Costs by Beal, Stacy G, Tremblay, Elizabeth E, Toffel, Steven, Velez, Lymaries, Rand, Kenneth H

“…Conventional methods for the identification of gastrointestinal pathogens are time-consuming and expensive and have limited sensitivity. The aim of this study…”
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Emerging technologies for the clinical microbiology laboratory by Buchan, Blake W, Ledeboer, Nathan A

“…In this review we examine the literature related to emerging technologies that will help to reshape the clinical microbiology laboratory. These topics include…”
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Making the Leap from Research Laboratory to Clinic: Challenges and Opportunities for Next-Generation Sequencing in Infectious Disease Diagnostics by Goldberg, Brittany, Sichtig, Heike, Geyer, Chelsie, Ledeboer, Nathan, Weinstock, George M.

“…Next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) has progressed enormously over the past decade, transforming genomic analysis and opening up many new opportunities for…”
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Automation in clinical microbiology by Bourbeau, Paul P, Ledeboer, Nathan A

“…Historically, the trend toward automation in clinical pathology laboratories has largely bypassed the clinical microbiology laboratory. In this article, we…”
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Practice Guidelines for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Mycobacteria by Forbes, Betty A, Hall, Geraldine S, Miller, Melissa B, Novak, Susan M, Rowlinson, Marie-Claire, Salfinger, Max, Somoskövi, Akos, Warshauer, David M, Wilson, Michael L

“…Mycobacteria are the causative organisms for diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, Buruli ulcer, and pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial disease, to…”
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Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for the Rapid Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Beyond by Oviaño, Marina, Bou, Germán

“…Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) has been successfully applied in recent years for first-line…”
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Aerobiology: Experimental Considerations, Observations, and Future Tools by Haddrell, Allen E, Thomas, Richard J

“…Understanding airborne survival and decay of microorganisms is important for a range of public health and biodefense applications, including epidemiological…”
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Critical review on biofilm methods by Azeredo, Joana, Azevedo, Nuno F., Briandet, Romain, Cerca, Nuno, Coenye, Tom, Costa, Ana Rita, Desvaux, Mickaël, Di Bonaventura, Giovanni, Hébraud, Michel, Jaglic, Zoran, Kačániová, Miroslava, Knøchel, Susanne, Lourenço, Anália, Mergulhão, Filipe, Meyer, Rikke Louise, Nychas, George, Simões, Manuel, Tresse, Odile, Sternberg, Claus

“…Biofilms are widespread in nature and constitute an important strategy implemented by microorganisms to survive in sometimes harsh environmental conditions…”
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Non-inferiority testing for qualitative microbiological methods: Assessing and improving the approach in USP 1223 by IJzerman-Boon, Pieta C, Manju, Md Abu, van den Heuvel, Edwin R

“…The United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) presents two approaches for showing non-inferiority of an alternate qualitative microbiological method versus a…”
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A rapid and label-free platform for virus capture and identification from clinical samples by Yeh, Yin-Ting, Gulino, Kristen, Zhang, YuHe, Sabestien, Aswathy, Chou, Tsui-Wen, Zhou, Bin, Lin, Zhong, Albert, Istvan, Lu, Huaguang, Swaminathan, Venkataraman, Ghedin, Elodie, Terrones, Mauricio

“…Emerging and reemerging viruses are responsible for a number of recent epidemic outbreaks. A crucial step in predicting and controlling outbreaks is the timely…”
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Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Viruses Causing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections by Charlton, Carmen L, Babady, Esther, Ginocchio, Christine C, Hatchette, Todd F, Jerris, Robert C, Li, Yan, Loeffelholz, Mike, McCarter, Yvette S, Miller, Melissa B, Novak-Weekley, Susan, Schuetz, Audrey N, Tang, Yi-Wei, Widen, Ray, Drews, Steven J

“…Respiratory viral infections are associated with a wide range of acute syndromes and infectious disease processes in children and adults worldwide. Many…”
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Antimicrobial susceptibility testing: currently used methods and devices and the near future in clinical practice by Benkova, M., Soukup, O., Marek, J.

“…Summary Rapid identification of pathogen and its resistance to antimicrobial drugs, and subsequent appropriate antimicrobial treatment are essential for…”
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Bacterial and fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the New York City pandemic surge by Nori, Priya, Cowman, Kelsie, Chen, Victor, Bartash, Rachel, Szymczak, Wendy, Madaline, Theresa, Punjabi Katiyar, Chitra, Jain, Ruchika, Aldrich, Margaret, Weston, Gregory, Gialanella, Philip, Corpuz, Marilou, Gendlina, Inessa, Guo, Yi

“…We observed bacterial or fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients admitted between March 1 and April 18, 2020 (152 of 4,267, 3.6%). Among these patients,…”
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Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases by Caliendo, Angela M, Gilbert, David N, Ginocchio, Christine C, Hanson, Kimberly E, May, Larissa, Quinn, Thomas C, Tenover, Fred C, Alland, David, Blaschke, Anne J, Bonomo, Robert A, Carroll, Karen C, Ferraro, Mary Jane, Hirschhorn, Lisa R, Joseph, W Patrick, Karchmer, Tobi, MacIntyre, Ann T, Reller, L Barth, Jackson, Audrey F

“…In this IDSA policy paper, we review the current diagnostic landscape, including unmet needs and emerging technologies, and assess the challenges to the…”
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Development of a Scalable Coculture System for Gut Anaerobes and Human Colon Epithelium by Sasaki, Nobuo, Miyamoto, Kentaro, Maslowski, Kendle M, Ohno, Hiroshi, Kanai, Takanori, Sato, Toshiro

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Molecular and nonmolecular diagnostic methods for invasive fungal infections by Arvanitis, Marios, Anagnostou, Theodora, Fuchs, Beth Burgwyn, Caliendo, Angela M, Mylonakis, Eleftherios

“…Invasive fungal infections constitute a serious threat to an ever-growing population of immunocompromised individuals and other individuals at risk…”
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