Performance of the Accelerate Diagnostics Pheno system with resin-containing BacT/ALERT® Plus blood culture bottles.

Bacteremia and septicemia require rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) to start targeted, appropriate therapy. To answer this need, Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc., developed the Accelerate Pheno™ system (AXDX), a fast ID and phenotypic AST platform.

Respiratory fungal infections: molecular diagnostic tests.

Fungal infection of the respiratory tract can take several forms, the most common of which is pneumonia. Fungal infection can occur in the immunocompetent typically as a result of inhalation of a large inoculum of fungal elements. However, the number of etiologic agents attacking immunocompetent individuals and causing significant infection is limited.