A fast impedance-based antimicrobial susceptibility test
A fast impedance-based antimicrobial susceptibility test
There is an urgent need to develop simple and fast antimicrobial susceptibility tests (ASTs) that allow informed prescribing of antibiotics. Here, we describe a label-free AST that can deliver results within an hour, using an actively dividing culture as starting material. The bacteria are incubated in the presence of an antibiotic for 30 min, and then approximately 10
5 cells are analysed one-by-one with microfluidic impedance cytometry for 2–3 min. The measured electrical characteristics reflect the phenotypic response of the bacteria to the mode of action of a particular antibiotic, in a 30-minute incubation window. The results are consistent with those obtained by classical broth microdilution assays for a range of antibiotics and bacterial species.
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Sutton, J. Mark
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21 October 2020
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Sutton, J. Mark
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Spencer, Daniel, Paton, Teagan, Mulroney, Kieran, Inglis, Timothy J.J., Sutton, J. Mark and Morgan, Hywel
(2020)
A fast impedance-based antimicrobial susceptibility test.
Nature Communications, 11 (5328), [5328].
(doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18902-x).
Abstract
There is an urgent need to develop simple and fast antimicrobial susceptibility tests (ASTs) that allow informed prescribing of antibiotics. Here, we describe a label-free AST that can deliver results within an hour, using an actively dividing culture as starting material. The bacteria are incubated in the presence of an antibiotic for 30 min, and then approximately 10
5 cells are analysed one-by-one with microfluidic impedance cytometry for 2–3 min. The measured electrical characteristics reflect the phenotypic response of the bacteria to the mode of action of a particular antibiotic, in a 30-minute incubation window. The results are consistent with those obtained by classical broth microdilution assays for a range of antibiotics and bacterial species.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 September 2020
Published date: 21 October 2020
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ISSN: 2041-1723
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Teagan Paton
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Timothy J.J. Inglis
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J. Mark Sutton
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Hywel Morgan
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