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BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), announced the expansion of its portfolio of tools to prevent and control infectious diseases by adding software systems for the surveillance of infections and associated risk factors among patients and healthcare workers, and in the community.

Since bacteria rapidly evolve to evade the action of new antibiotics, the drugs quickly lose their effectiveness. A novel approach to the antibiotic problem, interestingly, is not an antibiotic at all but a new class of anti-microbial agent known as aganocides.

Communicable diseases need a community in which to spread, and hospitals and other medical care facilities are infection havens. Crowded floors and immunocompromised patients are tourist traps for disease. Over time, each

“Looking back at the past 5 years, what do you think are the most important developments in infectious-disease testing?” We posed this question to six experts with varied backgrounds, and we heard three common replies: nucleic acid t