Bacterial Infection Diagnosis and Antibiotic Prescription in 3 h as an Answer to Antibiotic Resistance: The Case of Urinary Tract Infections

Current methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections with antimicrobial susceptibility testing take 2–3 days and require a clinical laboratory. The lack of a rapid, point-of-care antibiotic susceptibility test (AST) has contributed to the misuse of antibiotics when treating urinary tract in...

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Main Authors: Eleonora Nicolai, Massimo Pieri, Enrico Gratton, Guido Motolese, Sergio Bernardini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Antibiotics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/10/10/1168