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AdvanDx, Woburn, Mass, reports that use of its PNA FISH test was associated with an 82% reduction in mortality rates from S. aureus bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit, a 53% reduction in overall mortality from staphylococcal bloodstream infections, and a significant reduction in antibiotic use, according to a new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management.

A diagnostic kit shows promise for distinguishing between tuberculosis and its infections from disease caused by related mycobacteria family, which mimic TB and other lung disease in symptoms but need different clinical treatments.