Purpose Quantitative detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA is essential for diagnosis of chronic infection and monitoring the HCV levels in patients under treatment. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance characteristics and comparability of a novel DiaRD-HCV RT qPCR kit (Diagen Lts, Ankara, Turkey) with Artus HCV QS-RGQ kit and the NeuMoDx HCV Quant Test in clinical samples. Methods A total of 240 plasma sampl...

In this study, it was aimed to investigate bacterial contamination in apheresis platelet suspensions (APS) by automated blood culture system and flow cytometry method (FCM). 33 spiked APS each using 11 bacterial strains (5 standard strains, 6 clinical isolates), were prepared in three different dilutions (1–10, 10–50, 50-100 cfu/mL), incubated in two different temperatures (35–37 °C and 22–24 °C) and different incubation times...