Letter from the Director

Quarterly blog posts from Aculabs' Lab Director: Dr. Khoury

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Letter from the Director: QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus testing offers accuracy in health monitoring for patients

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). A person infected with MTB might end up with TB disease with clinical, radiographic, and microbiological evidence of tuberculosis, or will have no clinical evidence of TB disease and

April 14th, 2022|Comments Off on Letter from the Director: QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus testing offers accuracy in health monitoring for patients

Letter from the Director: Biofire Respiratory 2.1 Panel helps tackle infections during pandemic

Respiratory tract infection is one of the most frequent and fatal infections in the geriatric population. Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF) residents are prone to infection because of the decrease in their immunity, their impaired cognitive function, frailty, congregated setting,

July 7th, 2021|Comments Off on Letter from the Director: Biofire Respiratory 2.1 Panel helps tackle infections during pandemic

Letter from the Director: Reticulocyte Comprehensive Panel assists in assessing red blood cell production

Published December 2020 as part of Aculabs’ LabTalk quarterly newsletter. Aculabs will be offering a Reticulocyte Comprehensive Panel – the panel can provide comprehensive information needed by physicians to assess the rate of red cell production and hemoglobinization. Reticulocyte count

December 29th, 2020|Comments Off on Letter from the Director: Reticulocyte Comprehensive Panel assists in assessing red blood cell production

Letter from the Director: Thyroid Dysfunction

Originally published in LabTalk (Volume 2, Issue 4, 2007), the quarterly newsletter of Aculabs. Thyroid dysfunction is one of the most encountered problems in clinical practice. Adequate diagnosis and management require a thorough knowledge of the change in the thyroid

December 31st, 2007|0 Comments
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