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Exploring New Frontiers: Rectal Swabs as an Alternative to Fecal Sampling
2024-03-06
Exploring New Frontiers: Rectal Swabs as an Alternative to Fecal Sampling
Exploring New Frontiers: Rectal Swabs as an Alternative to Fecal Sampling Fecal sampling has been the conventional method for analyzing the gut microbiota, but it comes with several drawbacks. Patients are often reluctant to handle and transport their own stool samples, leading to low compliance rates. Moreover, collecting fecal samples "on demand" in a clinical setting ...
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Maintaining Biological Integrity: The Crucial Role of Transport Media
2024-03-06
Maintaining Biological Integrity: The Crucial Role of Transport Media
Maintaining Biological Integrity: The Crucial Role of Transport Media Efficient transport media are vital for preserving the integrity of biological samples during collection, storage, and transportation. The ability of transport media to maintain sample viability and prevent molecular degradation directly impacts subsequent analyses and detection efforts. A study conduc...
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How to Maintain Legionella Pneumophila Viability During Sampling and Detection?
2024-03-06
How to Maintain Legionella Pneumophila Viability During Sampling and Detection?
How to Maintain Legionella Pneumophila Viability During Sampling and Detection? Legionella pneumophila is an aquatic bacterium found in natural and man-made water systems, capable of causing severe pneumonia. For water and biofilm sampling, maintaining bacterial viability and nucleic acid stability during collection and transport is crucial. Italian health authorities re...
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Microbiological Testing and Salmonella Control: New Insights
2024-03-04
Microbiological Testing and Salmonella Control: New Insights
Microbiological Testing and Salmonella Control: New Insights Public health authorities around the world are concerned with monitoring and limiting Salmonella infections, which can lead to significant health complications and even fatalities. A key challenge is the emergence of drug-resistant strains, highlighting the need for innovative approaches. Recently, researchers ...
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How Does Environmental Exposure Shape The Infant Gut Microbiome?
2024-03-04
How Does Environmental Exposure Shape The Infant Gut Microbiome?
How Does Environmental Exposure Shape The Infant Gut Microbiome? The infant gut microbiome undergoes rapid changes in early life as microbes colonize from maternal, family, environmental, and dietary sources. Reduced social contact during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions provided a unique opportunity to examine the relative contribution of environmental sampling on gut bac...
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Poor Bacteriological Quality Revealed Through Rigorous Environmental Sampling
2024-03-01
Poor Bacteriological Quality Revealed Through Rigorous Environmental Sampling
Poor Bacteriological Quality Revealed Through Rigorous Environmental Sampling A comprehensive 2011 study conducted by researchers at the University of Nigeria examined the bacteriological quality of foods and water sold by vendors and restaurants in Nsukka, Nigeria. The investigation utilized rigorous environmental sampling techniques, collecting and testing samples from...
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The Effectiveness of Cellulose Sponges for Environmental Sampling
2024-03-01
The Effectiveness of Cellulose Sponges for Environmental Sampling
The Effectiveness of Cellulose Sponges for Environmental Sampling A recent study investigated the efficiency of using cellulose sponges to sample common healthcare pathogens from hospital surfaces. The research was conducted by CDC scientists Laura J. Rose, Hollis Houston, and colleagues in Atlanta, Georgia in 2022. What is Environmental Sampling? Environme...
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How Effective are Environmental Sampling Methods in Detecting Pathogens in Cage-Free Aviaries?
2024-03-01
How Effective are Environmental Sampling Methods in Detecting Pathogens in Cage-Free Aviaries?
How Effective are Environmental Sampling Methods in Detecting Pathogens in Cage-Free Aviaries? Researchers from the USDA Agricultural Research Service and Purdue University conducted an experiment at the Purdue Animal Sciences Research and Education Center (ASREC) Poultry Unit to evaluate different environmental sampling methods for detecting pathogens in cage-free aviary...
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The Essential Guide to HPV Screening & The Vaccine Vanguard
2024-02-21
The Essential Guide to HPV Screening & The Vaccine Vanguard
The Essential Guide to HPV Screening & The Vaccine Vanguard In 2020, cervical cancer besieged 604,000 women and tragically ended 342,000 lives, making it the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide. This vast statistic is a stark reminder of the relentless battle we still wage globally against this ailment. Consider one story: Maria, a mother from Nicarag...
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Everything You Need to Know about Microorganism Preservation
2024-02-20
Everything You Need to Know about Microorganism Preservation
Everything You Need to Know about Microorganism Preservation Microorganism preservation refers to techniques for maintaining the vitality and genetic traits of microbial strains. Microorganisms can easily become contaminated, mutate, or even die during use and passaging, often resulting in strain deterioration. The purpose of strain preservation is to keep the strain ali...
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Transport Medium: Does It Really Matter for Sample Transport?
2024-02-19
Transport Medium: Does It Really Matter for Sample Transport?
Transport Medium: Does It Really Matter for Sample Transport? Transport media have long been used to preserve sample integrity during storage and shipment of clinical specimens to laboratories. But could dry transport be an alternative for some sample types? A recent study found self-collected vaginal swabs could be accurately tested after dry shipment, challenging tradi...
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Can Transport Medium Maintain Trichomonas Vaginalis Viability?
2024-02-19
Can Transport Medium Maintain Trichomonas Vaginalis Viability?
Can Transport Medium Maintain Trichomonas Vaginalis Viability? A key question examined in the study was whether Amies gel agar transport medium can maintain the viability of Trichomonas vaginalis for up to 24 hours after specimen collection. The results showed that using the transport method, T. vaginalis was detected in 62 out of 68 infected women, compared to 64 out of...
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