In this special series of Annals of Translational Medicine, experienced clinicians, microbiologists, and laboratory technicians contribute some of their valuable works in the field of laboratory testing of infectious diseases.
Editorial on Advances in Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases
Laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases: a call for more rapid and accurate methods
Original Article on Advances in Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases
Net benefit of routine urine parameters for urinary tract infection screening: a decision curve analysis
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry combined with UF-5000i urine flow cytometry to directly identify pathogens in clinical urine specimens within 1 hour
Nosocomial cross-infection of hypervirulent Listeria monocytogenes sequence type 87 in China
High clinical impact of rapid susceptibility testing on CHROMID ESBL® medium directly from swabs
Disease burden and molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumonia infection in a tertiary hospital in China
A hook-effect-free homogeneous light-initiated chemiluminescence assay: is it reliable for screening and the quantification of the hepatitis B surface antigen?
Review Article on Advances in Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases
The diagnostic utility of pleural markers for tuberculosis pleural effusion
Advances in laboratory assays for detecting human metapneumovirus
Diagnostic markers for community-acquired pneumonia
A 2020 review on the role of procalcitonin in different clinical settings: an update conducted with the tools of the Evidence Based Laboratory Medicine
Disclosure:
The series “Advances in Laboratory Tests for Infectious Diseases”was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine without any sponsorship or funding. Zhi-De Hu and Bing Gu served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.