Oxoid公司推出与心脏病发作相关的快速检测试剂盒

一种新型诊断培养基和快速鉴别试剂盒包括了对常见呼吸和泌尿感染的快速鉴别，这些感染与心脏疾病的有关。

近期研究揭示，常见呼吸道和泌尿道感染例如支气管炎、肺炎和膀胱炎，能够导致心脏病和脑卒中发作的危险升高。最大的危险出现在感染早期。因此，对导致感染微生物的早期鉴别，能够帮助进行早期诊断以及开始进行合适的抗生素治疗。

Oxoid公司(Basingstoke, UK)推出的快速诊断产品是Oxoid Dryspot Pneumo检测方法，该检测能够对肺炎链球菌感染进行快速简便的筛查，该链球菌是细菌性肺炎最主要的致病菌。

同样Oxoid Chromogenic UTI(尿道感染)培养基使用颜色来提高对常见泌尿道感染主要微生物的鉴别。通过对单个培养皿进行特异的简便的观察，Oxoid UTI培养基减少了传代培养的需要和冗长的鉴别程序，即使在样本中存在不止一种微生物。

Diagnosing Infections Linked to Heart Attacks
 
New diagnostic culture media and rapid identification kits include products for a speedier identification of common respiratory and urinary infections, which are being associated with an increased risk of heart problems.

Recent research has revealed that inflammation caused by common respiratory and urinary tract infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia, and cystitis may contribute to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke. The greatest risk appears to occur in the earliest stage of infection. Thus, rapid identification of the organisms responsible for infections can assist the early diagnosis and prompt administration of appropriate antimicrobial therapy.

Among the rapid tests available from Oxoid (Basingstoke, UK) is the Oxoid Dryspot Pneumo test, which provides a fast and simple screening for Streptococcus pneumoniae, a primary cause of bacterial pneumonia.

Also, the Oxoid Chromogenic UTI (urinary tract infection) Medium uses color to enhance the presumptive identification of the main organisms that are responsible for urinary tract infections. By providing this specific and easily-visualized differentiation on a single culture plate, Oxoid UTI Medium reduces the need for sub-culturing and lengthy identification procedures, even when more than one species is present in the sample