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Article: New Research Shows MicroPhage Test Accurately and Rapidly Detects Serious Bacterial Infections.
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- November 18, 2008
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LONGMONT, Colo., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A simple and inexpensive developmental diagnostic assay produced by MicroPhage, Inc., http://www.microphage.com/, was shown to be highly accurate for rapid detection of serious staph bacteria infections and for simultaneous assessment of antibiotic susceptibility. The research was reported in three scientific presentations at the recent Interscience Conference on Anti-microbial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC).
In the first presentation, MicroPhage scientists reported that their novel platform to simultaneously identify Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections and determine antibiotic resistance or susceptibility can ...