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Area of Science:

  • Spectroscopy
  • Microbiology
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Multidrug-resistant bacterial strains pose a significant global health threat, jeopardizing common infections and advanced medical procedures.
  • The World Health Organization recognizes antimicrobial resistance as a critical danger to humanity.
  • Effective patient care necessitates rapid, automated, and dependable antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To implement Raman spectroscopy for fast and reliable AST by monitoring deuterium uptake in metabolically active bacteria.
  • To develop a high-throughput sample preparation method for analyzing a large number of bacterial cells.
  • To evaluate the protocol on reference strains and clinical isolates against common antibiotics.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Raman spectroscopy, a nondestructive technique providing chemical-specific information.
  • Developed a bulk sample preparation method for high-throughput analysis.
  • Tested a protocol on Gram-positive (Enterococcus faecalis) and Gram-negative (Escherichia coli) strains and 51 clinical isolates against ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, meropenem, and vancomycin.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated automatable analysis capable of detecting strong antibiotic resistance phenotypes within 3 hours.
  • Observed and investigated borderline resistant and heteroresistant phenotypes in clinical isolates.
  • Showcased potential for detecting heteroresistance down to frequencies of 10^-6, though requiring longer incubation times.

Conclusions:

  • Raman spectroscopy enables rapid and reliable antibiotic susceptibility testing, crucial for combating antimicrobial resistance.
  • The developed method is effective for both reference strains and diverse clinical isolates.
  • The technique shows promise for detecting challenging phenotypes like heteroresistance, improving patient outcomes.