Browsing by Subject "Clinical Laboratory Techniques"
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Algorithm for the early diagnosis and treatment of patients with cross reactive immunologic material-negative classic infantile pompe disease: a step towards improving the efficacy of ERT.
(PLoS One, 2013)OBJECTIVE: Although enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) is a highly effective therapy, CRIM-negative (CN) infantile Pompe disease (IPD) patients typically mount a strong immune response which abrogates the efficacy of ERT, ... -
Discriminating Bacterial and Viral Infection Using a Rapid Host Gene Expression Test.
(Critical care medicine, 2021-10)<h4>Objectives</h4>Host gene expression signatures discriminate bacterial and viral infection but have not been translated to a clinical test platform. This study enrolled an independent cohort of patients to describe and ... -
Evaluation of a digital microfluidic real-time PCR platform to detect DNA of Candida albicans in blood.
(Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis, 2012-09)Species of Candida frequently cause life-threatening infections in neonates, transplant and intensive care unit (ICU) patients, and others with compromised host defenses. The successful management of systemic candidiasis ... -
Feasibility and willingness-to-pay for integrated community-based tuberculosis testing.
(BMC Infect Dis, 2011-11-02)BACKGROUND: Community-based screening for TB, combined with HIV and syphilis testing, faces a number of barriers. One significant barrier is the value that target communities place on such screening. METHODS: Integrated ... -
Implementation of a Pooled Surveillance Testing Program for Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections on a College Campus - Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, August 2-October 11, 2020.
(MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2020-11-20)On university campuses and in similar congregate environments, surveillance testing of asymptomatic persons is a critical strategy (1,2) for preventing transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease ...
