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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21520-9
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- Cleveland State University
- NIH [R01GM0817, K08AI128006]
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The current culture-based approach for the diagnosis of bloodstreams infection is incommensurate with timely treatment and curbing the prevalence of multi-drug resistant organisms (MDROs) due to its long time-to-result. Bloodstream infections typically involve extremely low (e. g., < 10 colonyforming unit (CFU)/mL) bacterial concentrations that require a labor-intensive process and as much as 72 hours to yield a diagnosis. Here, we demonstrate a culture-free approach to achieve rapid diagnosis of bloodstream infections. An immuno-detection platform with intrinsic signal current amplification was developed for the ultrasensitive, rapid detection, identification (ID) and antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) of infections. With its capability of monitoring short-term (1-2 hours) bacterial growth in blood, the platform is able to provide 84-minute simultaneous detection and ID in blood samples below the 10 CFU/mL level and 204-minute AST. The susceptible-intermediate-resistant AST capacity was demonstrated.
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