Publications

8.24.2010 | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document for PNA FISH

8.9.2010 | EU Package Insert for GNR Traffic Light PNA FISH

7.27.2010 | US Package Insert for Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH

6.9.2010 | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute Document for GBS PNA FISH

6.9.2010 | US Package Insert for GBS PNA FISH

11.17.2008 | A look at how the availability of rapid results affects antimicrobial management.

10.16.2007 | PowerPoint slides describing the PNA FISH technology, procedure and how the tests can help improve care for patients with bloodstream infections.

10.13.2006 | IDSA 2006 Oral Presentation

10.11.2006 | ICAAC 2006 Presentation

4.13.2010 | We highly recommend that the new Traffic Light FISH assay be incorporated into the BSI strategy for rapid laboratory identification of GNB due to its excellent accuracy and ease of use.

4.5.2010 | Candida albicans cells could be identified in real time by using fluorescent in situ hybridization

4.2.2010 | There was 100% concordance between the two protocols for each assay (368/368 and 370/370) and 99.7% (367/368 and 369/370) agreement with routine laboratory techniques.

3.3.2010 | The sensitivity, specificity and negative and positive predictive values for the detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in 206 LIM enrichment broths using subculture, GBS PNA FISH, and...

1.19.2010 | PNA FISH results confirmed that the representative isolates from all five episodes were S. aureus

6.5.2008 | The rapid PNA FISH protocol yielded results that were in 100 agreement with the standard protocol for the identification of C. albicans and C. glabrata directly from blood cultures (clinical and...

5.13.2008 | Using two PNA FISH assays we were able to identify 76% (42/55) of our blood stream pathogens. The E. coli/P. aeruginosa PNA FISH and EK/P. aeruginosa PNA FISH(TM) assays are rapid...

4.21.2008 | The PNA FISH accurately identifies C. albicans and C. glabrata directly from positive blood cultures within hours and can impact on the appropriate selection of the most effective antifungal...

9.20.2007 | The high NPV (95 %) of S. aureus PNA FISH suggests that this test could be a useful diagnostic test to rule out colonization or infection with S. aureus; furthermore it could assist in the rapid...

9.1.2007 | Rapid delivery of PNA-FISH data to clinicians is associated with improved clinical outcomes and resource utilization.