Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Gmbh

Miles Inc.

Linda Anderson-Mauser

Michael J Pugia

Chris Thomas Zimmerle

Ronald G Sommer

Gary W Rheinheimer

Solomon H Murphy

Shannon Gleason

Provided herein are color charts and water color pigment solutions useful, for example, in the calibration of reflectance-based diagnostic analyzers.

Water color pigment solutions for use with reflectance-based diagnostic analyzers

Certain monoclonal antibodies are able to detect urinary trypsin inhibitors (UTIs) that are characteristic of disease in humans. In particular, the UTIs include AMBK, Bikunin, Uristatin, Uristatin-1, Uristatin-2, as defined herein, also including the fragments and aggregates thereof.

Monoclonal antibodies for detection of urinary trypsin inhibitors

A method for the presumptive detection of Candida in vaginal fluid, thereby providing an aid to the diagnosis of Candida vaginosis. A sample of vaginal fluid is combined with a test composition comprising an indicator system that provides a chromogenic response in the presence of D-arabinitol; the detection of an elevated level of D-arabinitol indicating the presumptive presence of Candida. The test composition preferably comprises the enzyme D-arabinitol dehydrogenase, NAD, an electron transfer agent, and a chromogenic indicator.

Diagnosis of Candida vaginitis by detecting D-arabinitol in vaginal fluid

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Elkhart, IN, United States of America

Linda Anderson-Mauser