New sensor could transform urinary tract infection diagnostics
Kerry Day
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) cause major healthcare complications worldwide and are the most common of all bacterial infections. Traditional methods to diagnose UTIs either lack sensitivity or take too long. A new technology developed by scientists at Texas A&M University that uses fluorescence offers a different approach.
“To the best of our knowledge, this device is the first fully integrated, on-body, automated bacterial growth-monitoring platform for point-of-care UTI diagnostics,”...