An infectious disease test developer has raised $1.9 million in a series B financing round to advance its MRSA screening panel. It will also use the funds to develop its new molecular diagnostic ...
Diagnostics company bioMerieux (PARIS:BIM) has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a test to detect and screen for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus, more ...
July 3, 2010 — A test to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and S aureus (SA) has been recalled by the manufacturer based on an increasing number of complaints about false ...
The KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test determines whether bacteria growing in a patient’s positive blood culture sample are MRSA or MSSA within about five hours after any bacterial growth is first ...
The CDC estimates around 5% of U.S. hospital patients carry MRSA infections on their skin or in in their nose. In many cases, these carriers will never develop harmful infections with MRSA. However, ...
A new screening technique for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cuts by 75 percent the time taken to identify patients carrying MRSA and could be used to help prevent transmission of ...
BD Diagnostics, a segment of Becton, Dickinson and Co., has announced it received FDA clearance to market a new MRSA test, according to a news release. BD received clearance for the BD MAX MRSA ...
Easy-to-use molecular test offers faster results to help healthcare facilities control spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) "It is important that healthcare professionals have ...
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new test for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection manufactured by Cepheid. Cepheid’s Xpert MRSA NxG test delivers ...
The FDA Dec. 5 approved the marketing of a new diagnostic test for MRSA from Roche Molecular Systems that yields results hours faster than traditional tests. MRSA is a common cause of ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new, faster diagnostic test based on bacterial viability and a novel technology to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood culture test that can determine if Staphylococcus aureus bacteria infections are methicillin resistant (MRSA) or methicillin susceptible ...