Method and device for rapid detection of bacterial antibiotic resistance/susceptibility
AssigneesTrustees of Boston University, Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
InventorsAlexis Sauer-Budge, Andre Sharon, Maxim Kalashnikov, Holger Wirz
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Abstract
Described herein is a method and a device for expediting delivery of an agent to a damaged bacterial cell. In one embodiment, the methods and devices are useful for screening candidate antibiotics. In another embodiment, the methods and devices described herein are used to determine susceptibility of bacteria to an antibiotic. The methods also provide a method for determining an appropriate antibiotic to treat an individual having a bacterial infection.
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A method for determining sensitivity of bacteria to an antibiotic, the method comprising:
- (a) immobilizing the bacteria from a bacterial suspension by covalent attachment to a solid support,
- (b) contacting said immobilized bacteria with an agent comprising a reporter moiety, which preferentially binds to damaged bacterial cells,
- (c) subjecting said immobilized bacteria to a stressor in the presence of an antibiotic without the need for bacterial growth phase,
- (d) detecting a signal from said reporter moiety in said immobilized bacteria after contacting said covalently immobilized bacteria with the stressor in the presence of the antibiotic and without the need for bacterial growth phase, and
- (e) comparing the signal from said immobilized bacteria in the presence of the antibiotic to a control comprising immobilized bacteria subjected to the stressor in the absence of the antibiotic,
- wherein detection of an increase in said signal in the presence of an antibiotic compared to a control indicates that said bacteria are susceptible to said antibiotic, and wherein a signal that is comparable to the control in the presence of an antibiotic indicates that said bacteria are resistant to said antibiotic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.