Microbiology







New Class of Bloodstream Infection Diagnostics to Enable Culture-Free, Same-Day Organism Identification
A new diagnostic system for bloodstream infections could offer same-day pathogen identification and genomic-based antibiotic susceptibility profiles without the need for blood cultures. More...21 Nov 2023
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