Two cases of recovery of dimorphic pathogenic fungi via conventional BacT/ALERT microbial detection system media.

We hereby report two instances of dimorphic fungus cultivation in BacT/ALERT-based bacteriologic media, with the first such characterization of Blastomyces dermatitidis. From a patient with disseminated coccidioidomycosis, routine blood cultures incubated on the MB/BacT 3D Microbial Detection System generated a positive signal following 75 h of incubation. B.

Impact of Trichomonas vaginalis transcription-mediated amplification-based analyte-specific-reagent testing in a metropolitan setting of high sexually transmitted disease prevalence.

Trichomoniasis is a significant sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the spectrum of public health and primary care because of its association with agents such as human immunodeficiency virus and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. However, its true significance may be underestimated due to diagnostic modalities that exhibit poor sensitivity. A total of 1,086 genital specimens from two urban emergency departments, a suburban urgent-care facility, and a metropolitan outpatient physician group were subjected to transcription-mediated amplification-based Trichomonas vaginalis analyte-specific-reagent (ASR) testing (Gen-Probe, Inc.