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Control, because of resistant bacteria. it's growing because we're overprescribing antibiotics. what should we do about this? somebody comes to see me, i might want to check a streptest if they have been around strep. but i probably don't want to just give them antibiotics and say your throat is a little red. i want to check a rapid strep test if i have a suspicion, but those can be false negatives. you could have strep, and that could be negative, so a throat culture could be a better idea. a throat culture of a rapid strep test. i shouldn't look at someone and say you're sick, i'm going to g...

>> unfortunately, it's still almost a 12-18 hour turn around. my colleagues at duke university developed this protocol, and, you know, the hope is that we make a rapid office screening test that you can, you know, do like a quick strep test that we do now in doctors' offices. and if that happens, then we can really make a huge difference in screening large populations and in making sure we treat the right patients with antibiotics. jenna: how about a little news we can use, doc, on that? when we start waking up in the morning with a little scratch in our throat, is there any tell-taling signs ...

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