Fungal Infections Archives - Insights https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/category/microbiology-infectious-disease/fungal-infections/ Get the latest news and education from Mayo Clinic Laboratories Mon, 31 Jul 2023 19:42:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 An efficient, cost-effective, fungal testing alternative: Elitza Theel, Ph.D. https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2023/03/28/an-efficient-cost-effective-fungal-testing-alternative-elitza-theel-ph-d/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2023/03/28/an-efficient-cost-effective-fungal-testing-alternative-elitza-theel-ph-d/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=98578 An efficient, cost-effective, fungal testing alternative: Elitza Theel, Ph.D.Elitza Theel, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' unique Histoplasma/Blastomyces test provides cost-effective evaluation for fungal infections that cause pulmonary illness. The assay reliably detects both Histoplasma and Blastomyces pathogens in a single test.

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]]> https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2023/03/28/an-efficient-cost-effective-fungal-testing-alternative-elitza-theel-ph-d/feed/ 0 Detection of (1→3)-𝝱-D-glucan as a Marker of Invasive Fungal Disease https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2019/09/09/detection-of-13-%ce%b2-d-glucan-as-a-marker-of-invasive-fungal-disease/ https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/2019/09/09/detection-of-13-%ce%b2-d-glucan-as-a-marker-of-invasive-fungal-disease/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:45:40 +0000 https://news.mayocliniclabs.com/?p=54171 Detection of (1→3)-𝝱-D-glucan as a Marker of Invasive Fungal DiseaseIn this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will discuss the detection of (1→3)-β-D-glucan (BDG) in serum as a biomarker for the presence of invasive fungal infections.

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