Galaxy Diagnostics co-founders Edward B. Breitschwerdt and Ricardo G. Maggi and medical director B. Robert Mozayeni, along with consulting physicians and others at the North Carolina State University (NCSU) College of Veterinary Medicine published a clinical case report of Bartonella henselae bloodstream infection (aka cat scratch disease) associated with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). […]
Dr. Breitschwerdt’s Thoughts on Galaxy Diagnostics’ 10 Year Anniversary
When I was attending veterinary school in the 1970s, Bartonella was not known to infect animals or humans in North America. Thus, as a young veterinarian, I had never heard of bartonellosis. It would be another 20 years before these bacteria were found in humans with AIDS in cities throughout the United States. Some twenty […]
Create A Tick-Free Yard
Ticks can be found almost everywhere in the world, at nearly every elevation. From the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic shore, you can bet that, given the right conditions, ticks will be present. As they transmit a number of diseases — such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever — we know it’s important [...]
Happy Holidays!!
HOLIDAY HOURS: Closed Dec 25-26, 2014 and Jan 1-2, 2015. Thank you all for a great year! We continue to work toward our mission to offer the highest quality tests for chronic infectious disease and to educate the public about the risks of Bartonella spp infection through our “Healthy Pets, Healthy Families” program. To that end, we […]
Galaxy Diagnostics, A One Health Company
We are big fans of the One World, One Health Initiative here at Galaxy Diagnostics. Researchers and practitioners in the area of public health are increasingly aware of the important links between human health, animal health and the health of the environment. In a recent One Health commentary, physician & researcher Jim Hughes of Emory University noted that “When the […]
