Ensuring Innovation in Diagnostics for Bacterial Infection

Ensuring Innovation in Diagnostics for Bacterial Infection
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Publisher : World Health Organization
Total Pages : 338
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ISBN-13 : 9789289050364
ISBN-10 : 9289050365
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Book Synopsis Ensuring Innovation in Diagnostics for Bacterial Infection by : Morel C.

Download or read book Ensuring Innovation in Diagnostics for Bacterial Infection written by Morel C. and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inappropriate use of antibiotics is a primary cause of the ongoing increase in drug resistance amongst pathogenic bacteria. The resulting decrease in the efficacy of antibiotics threatens our ability to combat infectious diseases. Rapid point-of-care tests to identify pathogens and better target the appropriate treatment could greatly improve the use of antibiotics. Yet there are few such tests currently available or being developed despite the rapid pace of medical innovation. Clearly something is inhibiting the much-needed development of new and more convenient diagnostic tools. This study delineates priorities for developing diagnostics to improve antibiotic prescription and use with the goal of managing and curbing the expansion of drug resistance. It calls for new approaches particularly in the provision of diagnostic devices and in doing so outlines some of the inadequacies in health science and policy initiatives that have led to the dearth of such devices. The authors make the case that there is a clear and urgent need for innovation not only in the technology of diagnosis but also in public policy and medical practice to support the availability and use of better diagnostic tools. This book explores the complexities of the diagnostics market from the perspective of both supply and demand unearthing interesting bottlenecks some obvious some more subtle. It calls for a multifaceted and broad policy response and an overhaul of current practice so that the growth of bacterial resistance can be stemmed.


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