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New blood test to identify infections could reduce global antibiotic overuse
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New blood test to identify infections could reduce global antibiotic overuse

by Nina Bai, Stanford University Medical Center Tuberculosis bacteria replicate inside human cells, as viruses do. A blood test developed at Stanford Medicine can distinguish between such bacteria and viruses with 90% accuracy. Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock In developing countries, most antibiotic prescriptions are not only pointless—an estimated 70% to 80% of them are given for...