Antibiotic resistance: The grim prospect
Medical professions risk losing a patient or being sued if hey misdiagnose a condition, so the understandable reaction is to throw antibiotics at the problem rather than waiting for test results to come-back to determine whether a specific course of care is appropriate.<p>The good news is that some test times are decreasing dramatically ... from days to minutes in many cases:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nanologix.com&#x2F;test_results.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;nanologix.com&#x2F;test_results.html</a><p><pre><code>  * tuberculosis from 21+ days to 1.5 hours.

  * e.coli from 18 - 24 hours to 30 minutes

  * salmonella from 24 hours to 30 minutes

  * group b streptococcus from 48 - 72 hours to under an hour
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My hope is that faster results leads to fewer unnecessary prescriptions being administered, and better overall care for the patients.