Institut Pasteur International Network Scientific Symposium

FLUOROBOT pilot study results resulting from cooperation with BioMérieux in Haiti laboratory, becoming public at Institut Pasteur International Network Scientific Symposium, Paris November 29thDecember 2nd, 2016.

Consultask in cooperation with BIOMÉRIEUX,  and GESHKIO CENTERS Haiti, has presented the results of an evaluation field study performed at Gheskio Centers in Haiti. The study involved 369 samples, and resulted very promising results, along with extremely useful lessons.

Fluorobot results were compared to human fluorescent microscopy readings. Samples were pre-selected (119 negative and 250 positive) using GeneXpert, and culture was used as the gold standard.

 

The poster has raised considerable interest among the participants and has led to entering into a number of interesting discussions with researchers, potential future users.