Monthly Archives:March 2019
The cost of diagnostic uncertainty: sorting out the tigers from the pussycats in childhood fever
缺乏一个准确的诊断测试t for childhood fever has resulted in a cautious approach to treatment, often involving antibiotic administration and sometimes hospital admission. But with rising antibiotic resistance and a stretched health service, improved diagnostics are desperately needed. A newstudy inBMC Medicineinvestigates just how impactful a rapid and reliable diagnostic test would be.