Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions

Combating Disease: New rapid diagnostic test for MRSA Superbugs

May 23, 2011 · 1.4 MB
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Today’s solution is a new blood test that can quickly tell whether patients are infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium that’s become a global plague. This superbug is called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or simply MRSA.