AdvanDx Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for GBS PNA FISH(R) for Rapid Detection of Group B Strep from Lim Broths

Test results to establish Group B Strep colonization of pregnant women and help clinicians guide antibiotic therapy to prevent infections in newborns GBS PNA FISH shown to detect up to 42% more positive results than conventional culture methods (1) WOBURN, Mass. and VEDBAEK, Denmark, May...

Applied Physiology Raises $5 Million for Navigator™ Market Launch

...sed a $5 million Series B round of investment with gbs Venture Partners as AP prepares for market launch ... $5 million investment from Series A lead investor gbs Venture Partners, Australia. Managing cr...he United Kingdom. Applied Physiology About gbs Venture Partners GBS is Australasia's largest spe...

Novasys Medical Receives $18.95 Million in Second Tranche of Series D Financing

...estors ThreeArch Partners and Skyline Ventures. All three participated in the second tranche, with existing investors Alloy Ventures, Delphi Ventures, gbs Venture Partners and Hercules Technology Growth Capital. "In this challenging financing environment, we greatly value the continued support o...

Strep B Seems to Trick Immune System

..., San Diego School of Medicine. They found that gbs dupes the immune system into reducing production o...lecular mimicry.' Like a wolf in sheep's clothing, gbs can enter our body without activating the immune c... In addition to causing infections in newborns, gbs is associated with serious infections in pregnant ...

Group B Strep Screening Guidelines Sparing Newborns

...h further declines in the incidence of early-onset gbs [group B strep] disease." Van Dyke is now an ep...as led to a reduction in disease in newborns." gbs is bacteria that, according to the CDC, became the...use of illness and death in newborns in the 1970s. gbs can cause sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia in infa...

GBS/CIDP Foundation International Appoints Patricia A. Bryant as Executive Director

... About the GBS/CIDP Foundation International: gbs is an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerv...is of the legs, arms, breathing muscles and face. gbs can develop in persons of any age. CIDP is a rare...ded in 1980 by Robert and Estelle Benson to assist gbs patients and their families. A non-profit volunte...

Cepheid Selected as Vendor of Choice by Connecticut Hospital Association Shared Services Program for Molecular MRSA Surveillance Testing

...esting demands of any clinical environment. In addition to Xpert MRSA, Cepheid currently markets Xpert(TM) EV for Enteroviral meningitis and Xpert(TM) gbs for Group B streptococcus in the United States. About Cepheid Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., Cepheid (Nasdaq: CPHD ) is an on-demand molecular diagn...

Cepheid and Broadlane Sign Group Purchasing Contract for GeneXpert(R) Systems and Xpert(TM) Molecular Diagnostic Tests, Including Xpert MRSA

...ere associated with death in 18,650 cases." In addition to Xpert MRSA, Cepheid currently markets Xpert(TM) EV for Enteroviral meningitis and Xpert(TM) gbs for Group B streptococcus in the United States. About the GeneXpert Molecular Diagnostic Platform The GeneXpert System is a closed, self-contained...

Group B Strep: A Threat to Newborns That Doesn't Have to Be

...one of every 100 to 200 babies whose mothers carry gbs will become infected and need treatment, according...th week of pregnancy. If a woman hasn't received a gbs screening by then, she should ask her doctor about...," she said. There's a one-in-100 chance that a gbs carrier's baby will become sick from infection wit...

Engineer Paralyzed by Undercooked Lamb

...people unable to move. Although no single cause of gbs has been found as yet, it can develop a week or tw...t or intestinal infection. One recognized cause of gbs is Campylobacter. A recent study by Otago Un... in every 1000 cases, the disease can develop into gbs that can paralyze patients for months. It is an au...

GBS in Medical Technology

Sanofi Pasteur Receives FDA Approval of Meningococcal Vaccine for Children

...illain-Barre syndrome (GBS) has been reported in temporal relationship following administration of Menactra vaccine. Persons previously diagnosed with gbs should not receive Menactra(R) vaccine. As with any vaccine, vaccination with Menactra(R) vaccine may not protect 100 percent of individuals. About s...

GBS in Medical Products

Xpert GBS

Description: Now rapid intrapartum or antepartum GBS results can be available in less than 75 minutes versus 2 days. This revolutionary in vitro diagnostic test is the first and only molecular test designed to be run in the clinical lab and near-patient by non-laboratory professionals such as labor and delivery...
Company:Cepheid

Smart GBS

Description: The Cepheid Smart GBS test, performed on the SmartCycler System, is a qualitative in vitro diagnostic test designed to detect Group B Streptococcus (GBS) DNA in vaginal/rectal specimens using proven real-time PCR technology. When run directly from LIM broth cultures, Smart GBS delivers the most acc...
Company:Cepheid

IDI-Strep B Test

Description:...tibiotic use in uncolonized women and the emergence of antibiotic-resistant gbs strains. Exceeding the performance criteria of the latest CDC guidelines, the IDI-Strep B assay can be used to establish gbs colonization status in pregnant women at any time for recommended screenin...
Company:Cepheid

STREP B OIA

Features:... Identifying mothers at risk for delivering a gbs baby Allowing time for adequate prevention meas...ics during delivery, thus reducing transmission of gbs from mother to infant Providing information regarding gbs status for immediate infant management decisions...
Company:Biostar

GBS in Medical Dictionary

Strains

...rometry revealed that both strains expressed a non-sialylated outer core ... Consequently, not all C. jejuni strains isolated from the faeces of a gbs ... Sprains And Strains Facts plus the Latest News on Sprains And Strains Treatments - HealthNewsflash ... Between a Sprain and a Strain ? Wh...

Rh factor

.... Problems can arise when the fetus's blood has the Rh factor and the mother's blood does not. ... Study finds Rh factor not linked to gbs status. ... THE RH FACTOR : A KEY TO LATINO STUDENT SUCCESS (The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education) ... The RH Factor Song Lyrics are av...

GBS in Biological News

Recurrence of group B strep high in subsequent pregnancies, say UT Houston obstetricians

... intestine of 10 to 30 percent of all adult women. gbs is not a sexually transmitted disease. Those women who test positive for gbs are considered "colonized." Published in the Au...nally, had a second child or more, were tested for gbs during their first and second pregnancies, and wer...

Researchers predict infinite genomes

...o-compromised individuals. Analyzing the eight gbs genomes, the researchers discovered a surprisingly continual stream of diversity. Each gbs strain contained an average of 1806 genes present in every strain (thus constituting the gbs core genome) plus 439 genes absent in one or more ...

GBS in Biological Technology

New England Journal of Medicine Study Highlights Need for Rapid, PCR-based Group B Streptococcus (GBS) Testing at Time of Admission for Labor and Delivery

...tum testing done at 35-37 weeks of gestation. gbs disease is one of the most common infections in th... sepsis, pneumonia and meningitis. Transmission of gbs occurs from colonized women to their babies during...e Control (CDC) guidelines for preventing neonatal gbs disease, which call for culture-based screening of...

Cepheid Announces Symposium Speakers and Program Highlights for 19th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)

...kin and soft tissue Xpert(R) EV Diagnostic test for Enteroviral Meningitis Xpert(R) gbs Test for vaginal carriage of Group B Streptococcus Xpert(R) BCR-ABL Monitor Monitoring test for p...

GBS/CIDP Foundation to Hold 10th International Symposium

...t research, diagnosis, treatment and therapies for gbs & CIDP, there will be over twenty workshops offeri... include prominent neurologists who actively treat gbs and CIDP patients and conduct vital research, lead...ese rare and potentially catastrophic disorders. gbs is an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerv...

Cepheid Market Reach Extended with Licenses in Canada and Registrations in Mexico

... MRSA, gbs and EV Expand GeneXpert(R) Test Menu in Canada and...for its GeneXpert System and Xpert(TM) MRSA, Xpert gbs and Xpert EV tests. The products will be distribut...he world's most effective surveillance programs. gbs is a common cause of life-threatening infection in...

Novasys Medical Secures $49.5 Million in Series D Financing to Expand Commercialization of Its Renessa(R) Treatment for Incontinence in Women

...ticipating as new investors. The round also included participation by existing investors Affinity Capital Management, Alloy Ventures, Delphi Ventures, gbs Venture Partners, INVESCO Private Capital, JP Morgan Partners (managed by Panorama Capital), and ONSET Ventures. "We are very pleased that Versant, ...

Cepheid Receives Health Canada Medical Device License for Xpert MRSA(TM) Test and GeneXpert(R) System

...iology and risk factors, should be actively screened for MRSA. Xpert MRSA is Cepheid's second test to receive Health Canada license, following Smart gbs in October of 2007. About the GeneXpert Molecular Diagnostic Platform The GeneXpert System is a closed, self-contained, fully-integrated and autom...