Under the Weather? A Blood Test Can Tell If Antibiotics Are Needed (IMAGE)
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Ephraim Tsalik, M.D., Ph.D., assesses Charles Watts for a respiratory infection in the ER at the Durham VA Medical Center on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Tsalik, an assistant professor of medicine at Duke and Emergency Medicine provider at the Durham VA, is the lead author in a study from Duke Health in which researchers are fine-tuning a test that can determine whether a respiratory illness is caused by infection from a virus or bacteria so antibiotics can be more precisely prescribed.
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Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health
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