Jessica Sagers 6/10/22 Jessica Sagers 6/10/22

72 hours to kill: Why can't we diagnose bacterial infections faster?

With all the hype around Covid and monkeypox, it’s easy to forget that viruses aren’t the only infectious game in town. Bacteria caused 3 million worldwide deaths in 2019, at a rate at least five times that of the flu. So why does it still take so long to identify & treat a bacterial infection?

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72 hours to kill: Why can't we diagnose bacterial infections faster?