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Group B Strep Awareness Month
The CDC and other health organizations recognize July as International Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep, GBS) month. In many ways, Group B Strep seems somewhat harmless, remaining asymptomatic for most healthy adults who carry the bacteria. Yet the same factors...
A New Multidrug-Resistant Fungus Emerges
We take it for granted that in the age of antibiotics there will always be a drug available to treat an infection. But reports of outbreaks of a pan-resistant fungal disease known as Candida auris– that is resistant to every antifungal medication physicians have to...
In Vitro Diagnostic Use (IVD) versus Research Use Only (RUO) in the Clinical Laboratory
This blog post is the third in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. Previously, in this series we highlighted the importance of external and third-party quality control products in the clinical laboratory, emphasizing that quality control, by design,...
Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical
This blog post is the second in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. In a previous blog post, we highlighted the importance of external quality control products for QC in the clinical laboratory, rather than relying solely on internal controls built into...
The Necessity of External Controls
This post on external quality controls is the first in our series on Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory, which also covers third-party controls and IVD labelled controls. By principle, quality control (QC) in the clinical laboratory must subject all...
Why Is Tuberculosis Still a Problem?
The bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has plagued humans for probably 70,000 years and remains a global threat to this day.1, 2 In 1882, Robert Koch recognized Mtb as the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), but it took decades for the first...
What’s Going on with Children and RSV?
Perhaps you have heard that we could be facing a potential “tridemic,” with SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), Flu A/B, and a lesser-known third virus–respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV–set to be swirling around us at the same time in the fall/winter of 2022 – 2023. RSV has...
Comparing and Contrasting Traditional and Molecular Methods in Clinical Microbiology
An Interview with Julie Laramie, MS-CLS, MLS (ASCP)CM, SMCM Significant technological advancements have changed the world of clinical diagnostics. For instance, the application of molecular biology to clinical microbiology has decreased turn-around-times for some...
Back to Basics: Best Practices for Growth in Liquid Media
Microbial culture media is used in many industries to grow, enumerate, and identify microorganisms. Media comes in three different forms: solid, liquid, and semi-solid. The media form used depends on the regulation you are following, the goal of your assay, and the...
2022 Creepy Cultures Winners
Every October, when we challenge microbiologists to create Halloween-themed agar art for our #CreepyCultures contest, we're always delighted with their microbial masterpieces. The 2022 submissions included The Sanderson Sisters from the Hocus Pocus franchise, heroes...
