Rapid phenotypic stress-based microfluidic antibiotic susceptibility testing of Gram-negative clinical isolates

Abstract Bacteremia is a life-threatening condition for which antibiotics must be prescribed within hours of clinical diagnosis. Since the current gold standard for bacteremia diagnosis is based on conventional methods developed in the mid-1800s—growth on agar or in broth—identification and suscepti...

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Main Authors: Maxim Kalashnikov, Marc Mueller, Christine McBeth, Jean C. Lee, Jennifer Campbell, Andre Sharon, Alexis F. Sauer-Budge
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-07584-z