A recent study published in Scientific Reports compared the detection of pathogenic microbes between blood culture and metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in patients suspected of ...

A collaborative team has re-engineered the process of microbial pathogen identification in blood samples from pediatric sepsis patients using broad-spectrum pathogen capture technology. The advance ...

New Delhi: Managing life-threatening bloodstream infections caused by superbugs (bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics) is over 54 percent costlier compared to treating infections that ...

Scientists from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and elsewhere have described a method of detecting blood-borne pathogens faster and more accurately than traditional blood cultures. The ...

Critically ill patients with polymicrobial bloodstream infections had comparable 90-day all-cause mortality to those with monomicrobial infections, irrespective of whether potential contaminants were ...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is causing an increasing number of infections. According to researchers, they are responsible for a growing proportion of bloodstream infections in dialysis ...

LEXINGTON, Mass., Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T2 Biosystems, Inc. (TTOO) (the “Company”), a leader in the rapid detection of sepsis-causing pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes, today ...

Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have uncovered a startling behavior among some of the world’s deadliest bacteria — they’re attracted to human blood, a phenomenon they’re terming ...

The requirements of OSHA’s bloodborne pathogens standard can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1030. The standard’s requirements state what employers must do to ...

(LONDON) — A collaborative team led by researchers from Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSH), London and including researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired ...