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December 21, 2018|Media, News | 2 Min Read

Project Overview Antrum Biotech, a healthcare innovations company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercialising novel diagnostic platforms for infectious diseases, announces the launch of IRISATM-TB, an immuno-suspension assay for diagnosis […]

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Rapid diagnosis of TB meningitis is imperative and a biomarker-based test is needed: We need to move beyond detecting the bacilli to combat TBM mortality!
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Rapid diagnosis of TB meningitis is imperative and a biomarker-based test is needed: We need to move beyond detecting the bacilli to combat TBM mortality!

December 12, 2018|Media, News | 3 Min Read

Background CNS infections are a leading cause of HIV-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, but causes and outcomes are poorly defined. We aimed to determine mortality and predictors of mortality in […]

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Rapid diagnosis of TB meningitis is imperative and a biomarker-based test is needed: We need to move beyond detecting the bacilli to combat TBM mortality!
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Inadequate diagnostics: the case to move beyond the bacilli for detection of meningitis due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

December 5, 2018|Uncategorized | 1 Min Read
Tuberculosis (TB) meningitis is extremely difficult to diagnose due to its pauci-bacillary disease nature and new techniques are needed. Improved test sensitivity would allow for greater clinician confidence in diagnostic [...]
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