Indian scientists recently have developed a very rapid and cheap test to detect Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) that also provides antibiotic susceptibility report. This article highlights the benefits of the test and briefs how it was developed. The setback of current UTI diagnosis and are: Normally one must wait for ~48h-72h to get the lab reports. This significantly delays the treatment which is worrisome if the infection is serious.
Multidrug resistance may occur if inappropriate antibiotics are used. The BENEFIT of the new procedure: The new test provides a result within 4 hours and provides a patient-specific antibiotic susceptibility of UTI pathogen . The scientists have formulated a new liquid culture media that allows faster growth of UTI-specific pathogens. Test Development: The scientists visited hospitals in Telangana, Punjab, and Rajasthan and collected urine sample specimen…
