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What is the difference between infection and disease?

Disease-causing microbes are often found in the human microbiome. So, when does the presence of pathogenic microbes indicate an infection? And when does the presence of infection explain disease?   What is an infection? What is a disease? A disease associated with microbes is the outcome of interaction(s) between a microbe(s) and its host in [...]

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Going beyond the “one pathogen one disease” model

The outcomes of infectious disease used to be assumed to follow the “one pathogen one disease model.” However, this model has been shown to be quite outdated. Increasingly, medical experts recognize the importance of polymicrobial infection for the infected individual. For example, COVID-19 patients with coinfections are more likely to develop severe disease and die. [...]

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Watch Galaxy’s Director of Research and Development Answer FAQs from Patients and Providers

Jennifer Miller, PhD is the director of research and development as well as the assistant lab director at Galaxy Diagnostics. Dr. Miller holds a doctorate in microbiology and brings an exceptional and diverse background in microbiology research and education, including over 20 years of experience with vector-borne pathogens. She recently sat down with us to [...]

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Discussing Lyme Disease Testing with your Provider

Testing for Lyme borreliosis can be a difficult subject for patients to approach their healthcare providers about. Educating yourself on topics to discuss beforehand may help facilitate a productive conversation regarding your symptoms and why you think testing for Lyme borreliosis is the next step. Research on Lyme borreliosis increasingly suggests that an early diagnosis [...]

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Dr. Breitschwerdt Talks Bartonella and Skin on ReachMD

Galaxy co-founder and chief scientific officer, Dr. Ed Breitschwerdt, sat down with Dr. Michael Greenberg at ReachMD to discuss what dermatologists should know about Bartonella species infections and the potential role of skin lesions in the diagnosis of bartonellosis. Research over the past 30 years has shown that Bartonella species infect a wide array of [...]

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What is an antibody titer?

Clinicians often rely on laboratory testing to find evidence of infections that may explain a patient’s symptoms and help guide treatment. Direct evidence may be a specific segment of DNA or a protein that confirms the presence of the target pathogen. Indirect evidence could be antibodies and other immune biomarkers that suggest recent or past [...]

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