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View article: 150 How Many Urines Had We Been Culturing Way Too Many......
150 How Many Urines Had We Been Culturing Way Too Many...... Open
Introduction/Objective Urinalyses (UA) are frequently ordered to diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs), but a positive UA may indicate asymptomatic bacteriuria as well as a true UTI. To help ensure that urine cultures are always complet…
View article: Serial measurement of nitrite and xanthine oxidase (XO) to assess antimicrobial pharmacodynamics (PD) and treatment efficacy in urinary tract infections (UTIs): A proof-of-concept for personalized antimicrobial therapy
Serial measurement of nitrite and xanthine oxidase (XO) to assess antimicrobial pharmacodynamics (PD) and treatment efficacy in urinary tract infections (UTIs): A proof-of-concept for personalized antimicrobial therapy Open
Introduction: UTI is a common indication for antimicrobial therapy. Biomarkers specific to the causative organism, such as nitrite, are often employed in UTI diagnosis through qualitative detection methods such as dipsticks. XO was found t…
View article: Dragonfly Molecular Diagnostic Platform: A Rapid Point-of-Care Solution for Monkeypox and Skin Lesion Pathogens
Dragonfly Molecular Diagnostic Platform: A Rapid Point-of-Care Solution for Monkeypox and Skin Lesion Pathogens Open
Introduction: The WHO's declaration of a monkeypox (mpox) clade II outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in 2022 underscored the global threat posed by this virus. By February 2024, the outbreak had spread to 117 n…
View article: Guilty by dissociation: Paper-fluidic presumptive testing of the new psychoactive substance, diphenidine
Guilty by dissociation: Paper-fluidic presumptive testing of the new psychoactive substance, diphenidine Open
This paper reports a paper microfluidic device which can presumptively test for the new psychoactive substance (NPS), diphenidine. A simple 'dip-stick' test has been developed in which Scott's and Marquis reagents are stored on the paper-f…