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  • Medical Diagnostics

Background:

  • Rapid detection and phenotyping of pathogenic microbes are crucial for effective antibiotic therapy and controlling antibiotic resistance.
  • Current methods for microbial detection and antibiotic susceptibility testing can be time-consuming and require significant sample volumes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce a novel platform, the Rapid Ultrasensitive Detector (RUSD), for rapid and highly sensitive detection of pathogenic microbes.
  • To demonstrate RUSD's capability in performing antibiotic susceptibility tests, including minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs), within a few hours.
  • To highlight RUSD's utility in scenarios with limited microbial sample availability.

Main Methods:

  • The RUSD platform utilizes the principle of high reflectance at high incidence angles when light travels between low- and high-refractive-index media.
  • The system does not require complex manufacturing, labeling, or processing steps.
  • RUSD was used to detect low cell densities and measure MICs for common antibiotics against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.

Main Results:

  • RUSD achieved detection of extremely low cell densities (optical density [OD] ≥ 5 × 10-7), corresponding to approximately 20 bacterial or a single fungal cell, a sensitivity nearly 4 orders of magnitude greater than standard OD methods.
  • Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for common antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli were determined within 2 to 4 hours.
  • Antibiotic susceptibility tests were successfully performed using both small (500 cells/mL) and standard (5 × 105 cells/mL) inoculum sizes.

Conclusions:

  • The RUSD platform provides a rapid, ultrasensitive, and cost-effective method for microbial detection and antibiotic susceptibility testing.
  • Its high sensitivity and ability to work with small inoculum sizes make it particularly valuable for clinical scenarios with limited samples.
  • RUSD's compatibility with standard testing protocols suggests its potential for rapid deployment as a diagnostic tool to combat antibiotic resistance.