Cough, sore throat, headache, runny nose, fever… It must be COVID-19! This is an easy assumption to make considering the ongoing presence of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. However, the described symptoms are also typical symptoms of respiratory infections that may be caused by many other respiratory viruses. Worldwide, human rhinovirus (HRV), human metapneumovirus (HMPV) and respiratory […]
Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 14. article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany I recently received the following letter from a family from L.: Our 6-year-old spends a lot of time on his grandparents’ professional farm. While there, he
Press release EUROIMMUN today announced that as part of the transition to the new EU In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation 2017/746 (IVDR), risk class A products have been declared IVDR-compliant. With the IVDR conformity assessment of class A products carried out under its own responsibility, EUROIMMUN has reached an important milestone in the IVDR transition. This
Reliable and fast diagnostics of cervical cancer While HPV tests detect infections with HPV and thus allow drawing conclusions on the risk of developing cervical cancer, the GynTect® test can be used in a second step to clarify whether affected cells are actually already developing into cancer cells based on the detection of epigenetic markers.
Guest contribution: Article series on the subject of state-of-the-art mycology in dermatology, 13. article by Prof Hans-Jürgen Tietz, Director of the Institute of Fungal Diseases in Berlin, Germany I often receive questions from dermatologists describing events in their mycological mail-in laboratory. In my opinion, the establishment of local laboratory collectives is an excellent development.
