Antibiotic Sensitivity Rapidly Measured Using Crystals and Vibrations

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists employing the use of quartz crystals to sense bacterial vibrations is a phrase one might expect to read in a new age spiritualism magazine, not in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Yet, the NIST investigators have recently demonstrated a potential new tactic for rapidly determining whether an antibiotic combats a given infection, thus hastening effective medical treatment and limiting the development of drug-resistant bacteria. T