Latex microspheres lateral flow immunoassay with smartphone-based device for rapid detection of Cryptococcus.

Cryptococcus is a pathogenic fungus that poses a threat to human health. Conventional detection methods have limited the rapid and accurate qualitative and quantitative analysis of Cryptococcus, affecting early diagnosis and treatment. In this study, we developed a Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) platform that integrates lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) with smartphones, enabling both rapid qualitative and quantitative detection of Cryptococcus.

Correction: Molecular epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolates from China.

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Significance of differential expression profiles of ABC transporters in azole susceptibility between Cryptococcus gattii VGI and VGII strains.

Unlabelled: Azoles were used as the primary antifungal agents to treat the Cryptococcus gattii infection. Evidence showed that subtypes of C. gattii respond differently to azoles, but the mechanism is largely elusive.

Molecular epidemiology and microbiological characteristics of Cryptococcus gattii VGII isolates from China.

Cryptococcus gattii (C. gattii) is a fungal pathogen that once caused an outbreak of cryptococcosis on Vancouver Island, and had spread worldwide, while few data were available in China. In this study, seven clinical isolates of C.

Comparison of radiologic characteristics and pathological presentations of primary pulmonary lymphoma in 22 patients.

Objective: This study was performed to compare the radiologic characteristics and pathological presentations of primary pulmonary lymphoma (PPL), explore the possible mechanism underlying its development, summarize its radiologic characteristics, and improve the accuracy of its diagnosis.

Methods: The medical records of 22 patients pathologically diagnosed with PPL were retrospectively analyzed.

Results: Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated single or multiple nodules and masses in the lungs, patchy opacities or consolidation along the bronchovascular bundle, and no significantly enlarged mediastinal or hilar lymph nodes.

catena-Poly[[diaqua-strontium(II)]-bis-[μ-2-(3-benzoyl-phen-yl)propano-ato]].

In the title coordination polymer, [Sr(C(16)H(13)O(3))(2)(H(2)O)(2)](n), the Sr(II) cation is eight-coordinated by six O atoms from four different 2-(3-benzoyl-phen-yl)propano-ate ligands and two O atoms of two water mol-ecules in a distorted dodeca-hedral geometry. Adjacent Sr(II) cations are bridged by two 2-(3-benzoyl-phen-yl)propano-ate ligands, forming an infinite chain along the b axis; the chains are further linked by inter-molecular O-H-O hydrogen bonds into a three-dimensional supra-molecular network.