Resistance diagnostics as a public health tool to combat antibiotic resistance: A model-based evaluation.

Rapid point-of-care resistance diagnostics (POC-RD) are a key tool in the fight against antibiotic resistance. By tailoring drug choice to infection genotype, doctors can improve treatment efficacy while limiting costs of inappropriate antibiotic prescription. Here, we combine epidemiological theory...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David McAdams, Kristofer Wollein Waldetoft, Christine Tedijanto, Marc Lipsitch, Sam P Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-05-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000250