1.   At that point, standard chemical tests can detect any infection that might be present.

2.   A blood culture can usually detect the infection but takes several hours to return a diagnosis.

3.   A group of local companies is working on new technologies that make possible widespread infant screening and let parents themselves detect ear infections in kids.

4.   Doctors are also being urged to perform rapid tests that cam detect infections like those caused by streptococcal bacteria and influenza virus.

5.   El-Sayed, for example, is studying whether the laser could be used as a diagnostic instrument in detecting ear infections.

6.   He emphasized that plague is easily treated with antibiotics if the infection is detected early.

7.   If someone in the household is at high risk, a test to detect the infection can be done and the cat can be treated.

8.   In the investigation, the CDC collected blood from patients and people exposed to spores, to validate whether blood tests could help in detecting anthrax infection.

9.   It did not detect her infection.

10.   It can detect infection after about two weeks, says Page.