Understanding antibiotic resistance
4.3 What rapid diagnostic tests detect
There are many rapid diagnostic tests in development and clinical use. In this course, it is impossible for you to look at all of them. Broadly speaking, they are designed to detect either the pathogen or the patient’s response to pathogen infection.
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