REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A pivotal multi-center study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates the effectiveness of the Karius Test®, a blood test based on metagenomics ...

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 clinical ...

Biochemists have developed a urine test that can rapidly and accurately diagnose the cause of pneumonia-like symptoms. The test should enable doctors to quickly provide appropriate treatments for ...

Pneumococcal urinary antigen testing (PUAT) may be a useful antibiotic stewardship tool when diagnosing and treating pneumonia, pharmacist-researchers say. PUAT is a rapid test that can be used to ...

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Pneumonia is one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, killing around 2.6 million people a year. In severe pneumonia, the tiny air sacs inside the lungs become filled with so much fluid and ...

May 30, 2012 (Lisbon, Portugal) — A test to detect swallowing difficulties in patients with stroke is an easy, sensitive, and highly predictive screening tool, a new study shows. Use of the test was ...

Out of a collaboration between the University of Manchester (U.K.) Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy and the Salford (U.K.) Royal National HealthService Foundation Trust comes a test that ...

A type of pneumonia infection that’s increasing in the U.S. prompted a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is a type of bacteria ...

Light blue tissue box on blue background. Cold and flu concept. Minimal monochromatic composition. Senior Correspondent You're probably very familiar by now with the most common respiratory illnesses ...

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