Publications by authors named "O Cognet"
Objectives: To evaluate the analytical and clinical performance of a prototype of a VIDAS Galactomannan (GM) unitary test (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) and compare to that of the Platelia™ Ag assay (Bio-Rad, CA, USA).
Methods: Repeatability, reproducibility, and freeze-thaw stability of VIDASGM were evaluated. Sera from patients at risk of IA were concurrently tested with both the VIDASGM and Platelia™ Ag assays.
Dermatophytes are filamentous keratinophilic fungi which affect nails, skin, and hair. Their variable distribution in the world justifies local epidemiological studies. During recent decades, few studies have been published regarding the epidemiology and etiology of dermatophytosis in Romania.
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- MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) is used to identify pathogenic filamentous fungi but is often complicated by difficulties in harvesting samples from culture media and lengthy extraction protocols.
- The ID Fungi Plate (IDFP) was developed as a new culture method, which significantly simplifies the harvesting process, shown to be fast and easy in 92.4% of cases compared to traditional methods.
- The study found that IDFP not only yielded higher identification accuracy rates (93.9%) using a rapid extraction method but also produced similar growth rates and antifungal susceptibility results when compared to other media like SAB and ChromID.