The emergence and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria are aggravated by incorrect prescription and use of antibiotics. A core problem is that there is no sufficiently fast diagnostic test to guide correct antibiotic prescription at the point of care. Here, we investigate if it is possible to develop a point-of-care susceptibility test for urinary tract infection, a disease that 100 million ...

introduction: high-dose radioactive iodine therapy in differentiated thyroid cancer (dtc) may adversely affect the salivary gland function. this study is aimed to evaluate the effect of radioactive iodine (rai) with dose of 100 mci in dtc patients compared to lower doses of less than 30 mci in hyperthyroid cases. methods: fifty four patients (13 men and 41 women) age: 42.3±14.3 (21-71) years w...