Antibiotic Overuse Curbed by Rapid Test by Karishma Abhishek on March 5, 2021 at 11:08 PM RAPID-TEST study at the Centre for Academic Primary Care, the University of Bristol, published in the journal Family Practice. microbiological point-of-care test - BioFire® Filmarray® v1.7 (bioMérieux) was evaluated in four GP practices in the South West of England over a six-week period. The test can detect 17 different types of respiratory virus and three atypical respiratory bacteria thereby providing results of nasal and throat swabs in around 65 minutes.
The study team assessed the feasibility of using the test in primary care in preparation for a clinical trial, and find out what GPs and nurses thought about using it. Also if the test results changed clinical decisions about diagnosis and treatment were assessed.
from the cdc. infeck, disease specialist. this is in the new england journal but this is a full-penaled study. she says the antibiotics are precious resource, not a magic bullet. that is a great quote. if we don t preserve the precious resource we will end up with resistance. there are 20 reanalysis tent bugs that give us problems. side effects, diarrhea, allergies. we have to reserve the antibiotics for when they are needed. this is worse in the south. this is because we see more respiratory in the south. in the south it s one for one. every person in south is getting antibiotic prescription every year. eric: is that too much? too much! most of the time it s not indicateed. eric: david call you doctor. you go to the doctor and you trust them and they say take an antibiotic and you want to feel better. how do you know if you don t