The marketing hype is strong with this one. CRP already exists, is much more accessible and cheaper than this, and is conveniently missing from the "existing methods" section of the article. As are all the other methods that doctors actually use.
The antiobiotic overuse problem has many causes, but a technical inability to distinguish bacterial and viral infections is not one of them. That's been pretty much solved a long time ago
Edit to add: the article is also completely incorrect on what "empirical" antiobiotic treatment is, again in a way that makes the current situation sound much worse than it is
Yebi t1_j74ejc4 wrote
Reply to New blood test to identify infections could reduce global antibiotic overuse by hibott77
The marketing hype is strong with this one. CRP already exists, is much more accessible and cheaper than this, and is conveniently missing from the "existing methods" section of the article. As are all the other methods that doctors actually use.
The antiobiotic overuse problem has many causes, but a technical inability to distinguish bacterial and viral infections is not one of them. That's been pretty much solved a long time ago
Edit to add: the article is also completely incorrect on what "empirical" antiobiotic treatment is, again in a way that makes the current situation sound much worse than it is