Meijia Zhu1, Teng Xu2,3, Yongqiang Cheng1

  • 1School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Eco-Environmental Forensics, Shandong University (Qingdao), Qingdao, Shandong 266237, China.

Analytical chemistry
|September 15, 2023
PubMed
概括

一个新型细菌分离综合抗微生物敏感性测试 (AST) 芯片快速识别血液感染病原体. 这个芯片可以将测试时间从几天加快到几个小时,从而改善患者护理并降低死亡率.

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