Narrative review evaluates Oxford Nanopore sequencing for pediatric infectious disease diagnostics
New Pocket Device Finds Kids' Infections in Hours Not Days
This narrative review examines the use of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) sequencing in pediatric emergency infectious diseases. The auth…
• Real-time gene sequencing spots infections and antibiotic needs fast • Helps doctors treat seriously sick children in emergency rooms • St…
Retrospective cohort study examines MRSA prevalence and resistance patterns in nosocomial bloodstream infections among 96 patients in central China
Are hospital infections getting harder to treat, or is the data stable?
This retrospective cohort study analyzed 96 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients with nosocomial bloodstream infections at a tertiar…
Hospital bloodstream infections from tough MRSA bacteria stayed stable in frequency, but one patient's germ was resistant to the last-resort…
Procalcitonin shows moderate accuracy for bloodstream infection detection in retrospective cohort
Blood test shows promise in detecting bacterial infections and identifying their type
A retrospective cohort study of 251 bacterial isolates from positively flagged blood cultures in South India found procalcitonin (PCT) had 7…
A blood test detected bloodstream infections with 83% accuracy, showing slightly higher levels for Gram-negative bacteria like E. coli and K…