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

3.7.2007 | Simple, rapid and specific methods for identification of yeast isolates are needed. PNA FISH Flow (AdvanDx, Woburn, MA) is an in solution fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method...

1.26.2007 | Conclusion: Use of PNA FISH for Enterococci in BSI Significantly reduces time to correct therapy and mortality with E. faecium isolates.

10.31.2006 | Candida is the most frequently isolated fungus from blood cultures (BC). Since antifungal selection relies on species determination, conventional, multi-day identification methods may lead to...

5.31.2006 | We have previously described the performance of the S. aureus PNA FISH assay (AdvanDx, Inc., Woburn, MA) in the research section of our laboratory. Here, we describe the performance of...

5.31.2006 | Rapid identification of positive blood culture bottles is important for institution of appropriate antibiotic therapy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization using peptide nucleic acid probes (PNA...