August 14–18, 2017, is the first Fungal Disease Awareness Week. CDC and partners have organized this week to highlight the importance of recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the course of a patient’s illness to provide life-saving treatment. MiraVista…
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MiraVista Diagnostics is participating in the 2017 Coccidioidomycosis Study Group Symposium on August 11-13 at the Stanford University Medical School. Representatives from the company’s clinical laboratory will be available to discuss MiraVista’s menu of diagnostic tests for serious fungal infections….
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April 23-29, 2017 is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, which is celebrated the last full week of April each year to increase public understanding of and appreciation for laboratory personnel. The theme for this important industry campaign has been “Laboratory Professionals Get Results”…
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Improve Diagnosis of Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis by Combining Antigen & Antibody Testing Review the technical specifications for the NEW MVista® Histoplasma Antibody IgG IgM EIA>> CLINICAL BACKGROUND Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis (APH) can be severe, especially following heavy exposure and is…
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FEATURED CASE REPORT FROM THE DESK OF: Lawrence Joseph Wheat, MD Medical Director, Founder & President of MiraVista Diagnostics Here is an important patient case report I’d like to share with colleagues about diagnosing histoplasmosis by antigen detection. I welcome…
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Improve Coccidioidomycosis Diagnosis with a New, More Sensitive, Anti-Coccidioides Antibody Enzyme Immunoassay CLINICAL BACKGROUND Coccidioidomycosis is endemic to the southwestern United States, northern Mexico and regions of Central and South America. Coccidioidomycosis often presents as community acquired pneumonia (CAP) and…
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