Simple method measures how long bacteria can wait out antibiotics

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 - 14:52 in Health & Medicine

A simple test that measures how long it takes to kill bacteria could help doctors treat strains that are on their way to becoming resistant to antibiotics. If implemented in hospitals' microbiology labs, the test could help guide treatment decisions, and could ultimately reduce the ever-growing risk of bacterial resistance.

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