Procalcitonin (PCT) has been used to guide antibiotic therapy in bacterial infections. We aimed to determine the role of PCT in decreasing the duration of empiric antibiotic therapy among cancer ...

At a time when diagnostic bacteriological testing procedures have become more complex and their associated costs are steadily increasing, the expected benefits of Total laboratory automation (TLA) ...

Despite significant progress in the development of treatment options, melanoma remains a leading cause of death due to skin cancer. Advances in our understanding of the genetic, transcriptomic, and ...

A chemistry-combing algorithm uncovered a promising new antibiotic molecule called halicin. Researchers have spent tons of time and money searching for something to replace traditional antibiotics.

Dubbed halicin—after the thinking machine in "2001: A Space Odyssey"—the compound from researchers at MIT was shown to be incredibly effective against strains of Clostridium difficile, Acinetobacter ...

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection is based on clinical presentation and laboratory tests. Although numerous laboratory methods are now available, the diagnosis of C. difficile infection ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control guidance to long-term care Footnote a facilities and healthcare workers Footnote b for the ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada has developed this document to provide infection prevention and control guidance to healthcare organizations and healthcare workersFootnote a for the management of ...

Medical laboratory reference data may be contaminated with outliers that should be eliminated before estimation of the reference interval. A statistical test for outliers has been proposed by Paul S.