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Gap between non-tuberculous mycobacteria testing behaviour and guidelines identified
A study published in BMJ Open Respiratory Research has revealed that, contrary to guideline recommendations, 68% of clinicians managing bronchiectasis patients do not test them for non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infection prior to starting macrolide treatment.
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Pandemic coronavirus: an overview of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 disease
Pathology services face a major challenge in the coming months to detect the new coronavirus, and to provide laboratory support to COVID-19 patients in hospital. Sarah Pitt provides an overview of the virology, clinical aspects, epidemiology and laboratory diagnosis of this latest agent of pandemic disease.
Antimicrobial efficacy and lack of resistance to silane quaternary compounds
Does the ‘entourage effect’ explain the increase in antimicrobial efficacy and lack of resistance seen with fifth-generation silane quaternary compounds? Here, Andrew Kemp provides an overview of the development and use of such agents, and their effects.
