Issue 1, 2014

Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices

Abstract

To detect antibiotic-resistant bacteria in areas remote from microbiology laboratories, we designed portable culture devices performing an analogue of the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion test inside patterned papers embedded in tape. We quantified the antibiotic susceptibility of several strains of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium by measuring blue-colored zones of inhibited growth.

Graphical abstract: Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Jul 2013
Accepted
07 Oct 2013
First published
08 Oct 2013

Lab Chip, 2014,14, 167-171

Antimicrobial susceptibility assays in paper-based portable culture devices

F. Deiss, M. E. Funes-Huacca, J. Bal, K. F. Tjhung and R. Derda, Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 167 DOI: 10.1039/C3LC50887K

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