Bacteriology

Researchers Working On High-Tech Bandage That Would Detect Infections

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 19th, 2002

Scientists are working on a "smart bandage" that would detect specific bacteria in a wound and eventually may help people self-diagnose illnesses and free doctors to focus on more seriously ill patients.

Researchers at the University of Rochester have yet to incorporate a sensor chip onto a gauze dressing but once completed, the bandage would sense the germ and change color to alert a patient to the possibility of infection.

Among the bacteria the bandage potentially could pinpoint are those that cause strep throat and common skin staph infections. Others such as Escherchia coli, salmonella and listeria, which can cause abdominal cramps,...

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