New strategy holds promise for detecting bacterial infections in newborns

Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health have shown that it’s possible to diagnose a bacterial infection from a small sample of blood — based on the immune system’s response to the bacteria — in infants with fevers who are 2 months of age or younger. With additional research, the new technique could be […]

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