All lower respiratory tract infections articles
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NewsInfections are major ‘health hazard’ for people with diabetes
Infections should be considered a “health hazard” in people living with diabetes, with experts warning that current clinical guidelines fail to reflect a substantial but under-recognised burden of illness, hospitalisation and death. People living with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and prediabetes face higher risks of infection compared to those without diabetes.
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NewsCARB-X to support lower respiratory tract infection diagnostic by Zeteo
CARB-X has awarded Zeteo Tech, Inc. US$1M to execute a workplan for its noninvasive diagnostic platform that aims to evaluate whether exhaled breath can diagnose lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in high-risk populations within critical care environments.
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NewsCARB-X funds Rhode Island Hospital to assess feasibility of direct from blood detection of bacterial pneumonia
Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) will award Rhode Island Hospital at Brown University Health US$1M to demonstrate proof-of-concept of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) approach informed by RNA sequencing to detect bacterial pneumonia directly from whole blood.