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Not necessarily. Often, treatment and testing can be done in parallel.
In many cases, the treatment is also a test. Every time you apply topical antibiotics to a cut, you’re testing for antibiotic resistance.
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gettingoverit • yesterday at 11:42 PM
> you’re testing for antibiotic resistance
...and also develop one.
I had read their comment as "accurately diagnose before treating"
It's not "House" where you guess something, provide a treatment, watch as things get worse, then change diagnosis in the real world is it?