Researchers at a Hong Kong university have invented a faster, cheaper and more accurate way to identify how resistant bacteria are to antibiotics in individual patients.
The team from Baptist University said its invention was 10 to 20 times faster than the current antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods, with a cost estimated to be about 50 per cent lower.
“Our invention could greatly reduce the problem of abuse or misuse [of antibiotics], and you could have a better estimation on...
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