ALL ARTICLES & RESOURCES
ALL ARTICLES & RESOURCES
Read articles about microbiology from Microbiologics’ experts and other field experts.
Women’s Health & STI Quiz
According to the World Health Organization, over one million sexually transmitted infections are contracted every day. Infection rates have been steadily increasing, reaching new records each year since 2014, but public awareness of STIs is not keeping pace. How much...
The Public Health Crisis of Antimicrobial Resistance
What if the latest tech device had all the bells and whistles everyone wanted and was far better than anything currently being sold, but the marketer was told he could not sell it until all the previous versions of his device had broken? And then, he had to sell his...
The Sustained Increase in STIs
Less than 20 years ago, STIs were at historic lows. Syphilis was close to elimination. In 2021, however, sexually transmitted infections are at an all-time high, yet the importance of prevention and screening seems to have fallen by the wayside. Recent statistics...
Celebrating Medical Laboratory Professionals Week 2021
In a time when we have come to rely on medical laboratory professionals more and more, we also run the risk of taking their work for granted. Their work is so integral to our health and everyday life that most people rarely take notice. Medical Laboratory...
The Crisis of Increasing Drug-Resistance in the Tuberculosis Pandemic
About every 22 seconds, someone dies from Tuberculosis. As the deadliest bacterial infection worldwide, Tuberculosis causes or contributes to 1-1.5 million deaths per year, recently surpassing HIV as the deadliest single infectious agent. Around ten million people...
The Challenges of Accurate Zika Virus Testing
Although it is largely forgotten today, just five years before the Coronavirus Pandemic, the Zika virus was making headlines. In early 2016, the World Health Organization declared the Zika epidemic a public health emergency, as evidence mounted that the Zika virus...
Top 10 Custom Control Strains
Since we launched our Custom Solutions program for environmental isolates and objectionable organisms in 2011, the most common strains have remained remarkably consistent. Even as the customers we serve (and the products they manufacture) have become increasingly...
When COVID-19 Meets Flu Season: How One Clinical Laboratory is Preparing
A typical flu season presents significant challenges for medical laboratories with increased demand and pressure for providing quick and accurate diagnostic testing. But what happens when you combine this already demanding time with the global COVID-19 pandemic? No...
What Happens When Laboratory Tests Fail?
The Critical Role of QC in Every Stage of Assay Development and Usage For anyone of us involved in medical laboratory or public health laboratory testing, we understand the critical importance of clinical quality control (QC). With the ongoing fallout from the...
2020 #CreepyCultures Winners
Wow! We had record participation for our 2020 #CreepyCultures contest! Thank you to everyone who joined the fun this Halloween. The Microbiologics team was blown away by the amazing creations you submitted and voting was tougher than ever. Congratulations to all the...
