Recent Advances in Rapid Diagnosis and Analysis of Infectious Agents in Human Blood Stream
Pradeep Kumar Singh1*, Shweta Kusmakar Singh2
1Department of Microbiology, S.M.M.H. Medical College, Saharanpur, UP, India
2Department of Medical Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Abstract
The ability of rapid diagnosis and analysis of infectious agents such as pathogens in human blood stream is considered pivotal and an important step for patient treatment and effective monitoring. This is also essential to ensure the safety of the donor blood supply. This has driven research in medical biotechnology and the focus has been on developing rapid diagnostic ability that enables detect and identify pathogens in blood borne infections. This research seeks to mitigate the challenges involving infections such as pathogens induced sepsis. These infections are believed to be a major cause of mortality in hospitalized patients worldwide. It is of general consensus that establishing a rapid diagnosis would not only enable an early and adequate antimicrobial therapy but it would also result in positive clinical outcomes for patients. In this perspective, we have presented a brief overview of some of the notable recent advances in diagnostics to detect infectious agents in human blood.
Keywords: Diagnostics, infectious diseases, pathogens, viruses, lasers, blood borne pathogens, spectrometry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37756/bk.22.4.2.1
Article type: Perspective
Received: December 15, 2021
Revised: January 10, 2022
Accepted: January 15, 2022
Please cite this article as: Singh PK, Recent Advances in Rapid Diagnosis and Analysis of Infectious Agents in Human Blood Stream, Biotechnol. kiosk, Vol 4, Issue 2, PP: 1-11 (2022); DOI: https://doi.org/10.37756/bk.22.4.2.1
*Corresponding author: Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh
E-mail address: pksingh1976a@gmail.com