Carbapene Identification Report

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Medical tests need to be specific and sensitive to prevent administration of false diagnosis and treatment that could further harm the patients. To treat the patients without any delays and prevent the spread of disease, it is important for medical tests to be very sensitive and specific. I work with highly resistant strains of carbapenem resistance organism (CRO) on daily basis and am aware of the implications of increased resistance to antibiotics. If the patients are constantly administered with antibiotics that don’t annihilate harmful bacteria, resistant strains of infectious agent arise rendering available treatment options ineffective or harmful in some cases. For example, increased use of the broad-spectrum antibiotics over the course

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