Diagnostic Digest

Thomas Brock is remembered for discovering Thermus aquaticus, a type of heat-resistant bacteria that makes using BIOFIRE Diagnostics possible.

Learn about using BIOFIRE for point-of-care testing solutions.

Molecular diagnostic testing can provide laboratories with critical advances in accuracy and speed compared to traditional standard of care methods.

While fungi don't usually pose a threat to human health, several fungal infections can lead to sepsis or meningitis. Learn how syndromic testing can help.

Sepsis is the result of a body's extreme response to an infection and at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis every year. Learn more about sepsis.

Sepsis and concerns about AMR can seemingly pull prescribers in opposite directions, learn why this study suggests they are two sides of the same coin.

The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated why antimicrobial stewardship programs should be incorporated into a healthcare organization's disaster preparedness plans.

Here's what users of BIOFIRE's SARS-CoV-2 syndromic testing solutions should know in response to the WHO's updated testing guidelines.

Pneumonia patients are frequently overtreated with antibiotics due to the difficulty to quickly identify cause. PCR technology helps alleviate this issue.

Viruses have co-existed with humans well before our our earliest evolutionary origins. Learn all about viruses, how they operate, and how they are diagnosed.

November 12th is World Pneumonia day, raising awareness of the infectious disease that claimed 2.5 million lives in 2020, and how to protect against it.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) is one of several respiratory pathogens that are active during what’s known as flu season. Learn more.