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Laboratory Medicine
FDA Approves First Molecular Test for Valley Fever

DxNA has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for Coccidioides test, making this the first FDA-authorized molecular test for the rapid detection of coccidioidomycosis, a fungal infection also known as valley fever.  In a comparison with the gold standard testing method for this disease, a multi-center clinical study found that the DxNA assay performs with 100% sensitivity and 99.6% specificity. The gold standard method involves culturing Coccidioides in a Biosafety Level 3 laboratory, which takes up to 21 days and potentially exposes laboratory personnel to the highly infectious fungus.

Written By: Levan Iashvili

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