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BacteriologyChanging from Clinician-Collected to Self-Collected Throat Swabs for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Screening among Men Who Have Sex with MenThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led many clinics to move from clinician-collected to self-collected oropharyngeal swabs for the detection of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Before this change, however, self-collection was used primarily for genital and anorectal infections, with only limited studies on the performance of self-collection of oropharyngeal swabs for oropharyngeal STI detection. The Melbourne...
BacteriologyHigh-Content Screening, a Reliable System for Coxiella burnetii Isolation from Clinical SamplesQ fever, caused by Coxiella burnetii, is a worldwide zoonotic disease that may cause severe forms in humans and requires a specific and prolonged antibiotic treatment. Although current serological and molecular detection tools allow a reliable diagnosis of the disease, culture of C. burnetii strains...
BacteriologyEvaluation of the ResistancePlus MG FleXible Assay for Detection of Wild-Type and 23S rRNA-Mutated Mycoplasma genitalium StrainsAntibiotic resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium is rising globally, and resistance-guided diagnostics can facilitate targeted and timely treatment. The ResistancePlus MG FleXible (RPMG Flex) assay for the detection of M. genitalium and macrolide resistance-mediating mutations (MRMM) was evaluated for...
Clinical Veterinary MicrobiologySingle-Cell-Based Digital PCR Detection and Association of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Serogroups and Major Virulence GenesEscherichia coli serogroups O157, O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, and O145, when carrying major virulence genes, the Shiga toxin genes stx1 and stx2 and the intimin gene eae, are important foodborne pathogens. They are referred to as the “top 7” Shiga toxin-producing...
BacteriologyClinical Evaluation of Three Commercial PCR Assays for the Detection of Macrolide Resistance in Mycoplasma genitaliumAs macrolide resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium is increasing worldwide, macrolide resistance-associated mutations should be assessed in M. genitalium-positive specimens. New commercial kits are available for detection of macrolide resistance concurrently with...
BacteriologyA Cost-Effective Method for Identifying Enterobacterales with OXA-181OXA-181 is the second most common global OXA-48-like carbapenemase and is endemic in the Indian subcontinent. Molecular studies have shown that Enterobacterales with OXA-181 are often introduced into regions of nonendemicity. Distinguishing OXA-181 from other OXA-48-like enzymes often requires sequencing, which is rather expensive and time-consuming.
ImmunoassaysDevelopment and Multicentric Validation of a Lateral Flow Immunoassay for Rapid Detection of MCR-1-Producing EnterobacteriaceaeColistin has become a last-resort antibiotic for the treatment of infections caused by highly drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, it has been widely used in the livestock sector.
