All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Life-saving Australian discovery helps combat antibiotic resistance Life-saving Australian discovery helps combat antibiotic resistance 20/07/2022 | 3 MINS Researchers have found a new method that can detect the presence of a bacterial infection and determine which antibiotics would be most effective for treatment in less than five hours, instead of days. A team from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Lombok Institute of Technology and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA including Perth renal physician, Dr Aron Chakera and LIT Forrest Prospect Fellow, Dr Kieran Mulroney, developed the faster, more effective process to confirm infections and find the most effective treatment. ΓÇ£The established method involves growing bacteria from a patient sample then applying different antibiotics to see which are effective,ΓÇ¥ Dr Mulroney said. ΓÇ£Patients with serious infections cannot wait the several days it can take to return antibiotic test results. Consequently, the patient's doctor has to rely on a best guess, 'one-size-fits-al
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 July Life-saving Australian discovery helps combat antibiotic resistance Life-saving Australian discovery helps combat antibiotic resistance 20/07/2022 | 3 MINS Researchers have found a new method that can detect the presence of a bacterial infection and determine which antibiotics would be most effective for treatment in less than five hours, instead of days.
A team from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Lombok Institute of Technology and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA including Perth renal physician, Dr Aron Chakera and LIT Forrest Prospect Fellow, Dr Kieran Mulroney, developed the faster, more effective process to confirm infections and find the most effective treatment.
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ΓÇ£The established method involves growing bacteria from a patient sample then applying different antibiotics to see which are effective,ΓÇ¥ Dr Mulroney said.
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ΓÇ£Patients with serious infections cannot wait the several days it can take to return antibiotic test results.
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