
Rapid Test Can ID Unknown Causes of Infections Throughout the Body – UCSF News Services
All-In-One ‘Metagenomic’ Test Advances Efforts to Eliminate Lengthy Diagnosis

A single clinical laboratory test developed by UCSF scientists will speed appropriate drug treatment for serious ill by identifying any microbial miscreant afflicting a patient in as little as six hours. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
UC San Francisco scientists have developed a single clinical laboratory test capable of zeroing in on the microbial miscreant afflicting a patient in as little as six hours – irrespective of what body fluid is sampled, the type or species of infectious agent, or whether physicians start out with
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