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Diagnosing antimicrobial resistance

Burnham, Carey-Ann D. ; Leeds, Jennifer ; Nordmann, Patrice ; O'Grady, Justin ; Patel, Jean

In: Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017, vol. 15, no. 11, p. nrmicro.2017.103

Antimicrobial resistance constitutes a global health burden and research efforts are aimed at combatting the emergence of resistant microorganisms. In this Viewpoint article, several experts in the field discuss the role that rapid diagnostic tests have in managing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance, the drawbacks of current diagnostic methods, novel diagnostic strategies, and how such...