New Technology Can Identify Bacteria's Genetic Make-Up, Fight Drug Resistance
A new diagnostic tool that identifies bacteria quickly might fight antibiotic resistance.
About 2 million Americans get drug-resistant infections every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and about 23,000 patients die.
That resistance is wreaking havoc with patients suffering from urinary tract infections, leading to hospitalizations and even deaths, as well as lower respiratory tract infections, which doctors say patients are being routinely over-treated for before a correct diagnosis is made.
A new diagnostic tool that identifies bacteria quickly, at a genetic level, might help patients and fight antibiotic resistance.
“I’m pretty optimistic that our technology can solve these problems —
