A new toolkit for rapid bacterial detection
Friday, March 17, 2017 - 06:31
in Biology & Nature
Finding the right treatment plan for patients who have antibiotic-resistant infections is a costly and time-consuming effort. For doctors in rural areas or developing countries, there often is no source of electricity nearby or sterile lab conditions with microbiology specialists on hand. The current standard for bacterial identification is to isolate and grow the species in an assay, which can take hours to weeks.