Bacteriology

Meridian Bioscience Inc is a medical diagnostics company responsible for developing and manufacturing a broad range of innovative diagnostic kits using a variety of technologies. The Meridian Premier range of EIA kits includes the UK market leader for both Helicobacter pylori antibody and Clostridium difficile Toxins A+B testing, as well as C. difficile GDH and kits for EBV, Adenovirus, Rotavirus and Lyme disease.

Premier Platinum HpSA Plus is a stool antigen test which can be used either to diagnose active H pylori infection or to check eradication of H pylori following antibiotic treatment.

Meridian also manufacture an extensive range of rapid tests for STAT testing utilizing immunochromatographic and membrane ELISA technologies. This range includes tests for Clostridium difficile Toxins A+B and GDH, Helicobacter pylori antibody and antigen, E.coli 0157, Rotavirus, Cryptosporidia and Giardia, Mononucleosis, RSV and Mycoplasma IgM.

In addition to the Premier and ImmunoCard C. difficile toxins A&B and GDHassays, Meridian has devloped the illumigene C. difficile test, a molecular assay to test for the presence of the C. difficile toxin gene, and is the only company to offer a complete portfolio of tests for any C. difficile algorithm.

Validated for use on the BEST 2000 and the DS2.

Bacteriology products listed below, also see Haematology, Parasitology/Mycology, Virology and the Web Link

www.mdeur.com

or

www.meridianbioscience.com