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A new interesting article has been published in J Clin Med. 2019 Dec 1; 8(12). pii: E2098. doi: 10.3390/jcm8122098. and titled:

Clinical Validation of Innovative Optical-Sensor-Based, Low-Cost, Rapid Diagnostic Test to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance.

Authors of this article are:

Kapur S, Gehani M, Kammili N, Bhardwaj P, Nag V, Devara SM, Sharad S.

A summary of the article is shown below:

The antibiotic susceptibility test determines the most effective antibiotic treatment for bacterial infection. Antimicrobial stewardship is advocated for the rational use of antibiotics to preserve their efficacy in the long term and provide empirical therapy for disease management. Therefore, rapid diagnostic tests can play a pivotal role in efficient and timely treatment. Here, we developed a novel, rapid, affordable, and portable platform for detecting uropathogens and reporting antibiogram to clinicians in just 4 h. This technology replicates the basic tenets of clinical microbiology including bacterial growth in indigenously formulated medium, and measurement of inhibition of bacterial growth in presence of antibiotic/s. Detection is based on chromogenic endpoints using optical sensors and is analyzed by a lab-developed algorithm, which reports antibiotic sensitivity to the antibiotics panel tested. To assess its diagnostic accuracy, a prospective clinical validation study was conducted in two tertiary-care Indian hospitals. Urine samples from 1986 participants were processed by both novel/index test and conventional Kirby Bauer Disc Diffusion method. The sensitivity and specificity of this assay was 92.5% and 82%, respectively (p < 0.0005). This novel technology will promote evidence-based prescription of antibiotics and reduce the burden of increasing resistance by providing rapid and precise diagnosis in shortest possible time.
Check out the article’s website on Pubmed for more information:

This article is a good source of information and a good way to become familiar with topics such as: antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST), evidence-based prescription; antibiotics; antimicrobial resistance (AMR), rapid diagnostics; rapid culture; urinary tract infection.

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