Validation of a qualitative real-time PCR assay for the detection of Candida auris in hospital inpatient screening.
Lauren C FrancoMahmoud AhmedChristopher G KendraR Matthew SperlingKayla Van BentenJohn-Paul LavikChristopher L EmeryRyan F RelichKenneth GavinaPublished in: Journal of clinical microbiology (2024)
in a College of American Pathologist-accredited clinical laboratory. This molecular laboratory-developed test is both highly sensitive and specific and has significant health-system cost-savings associated with significantly reduced turn-around-time compared to traditional standard-of-care culture-based work up. This method and workflow is of interest to support clinical microbiology diagnostics and to help aid in hospital inpatient, and infection prevention control screening.
Keyphrases
- real time pcr
- acute care
- palliative care
- healthcare
- mental health
- fluorescent probe
- living cells
- candida albicans
- sensitive detection
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- cystic fibrosis
- electronic health record
- biofilm formation
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- health insurance
- single cell
- infectious diseases
- quantum dots
- affordable care act