New blood test helps identify bacterial infection in infants with fever - News-Medical.net

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New blood test helps identify bacterial infection in infants with feverNews-Medical.net... measure patterns of ribonucleic acid (RNA) expression can help determine if fever in infants under 2 months old is caused by bacterial or viral infection, according to a preliminary study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical ...