High resolution and rapid separation of bacteria from blood using elasto‐inertial microfluidics

S Narayana Iyengar, T Kumar, G Mårtensson… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Improved sample preparation has the potential to address unmet needs for fast turnaround
sepsis tests. In this work, we report elasto‐inertial based rapid bacteria separation from …

Direct Comparison of the BACTEC 9240 and BacT/ALERT 3D Automated Blood Culture Systems for Candida Growth Detection

LL Horvath, BJ George, CK Murray… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A direct comparison of two automated blood culture systems was conducted to
compare their ability to detect Candida growth. The systems evaluated were the BACTEC …

Toward rapid detection of viable bacteria in whole blood for early sepsis diagnostics and susceptibility testing

S Narayana Iyengar, J Dietvorst, A Ferrer-Vilanova… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Sepsis is a serious bloodstream infection where the immunity of the host body is
compromised, leading to organ failure and death of the patient. In early sepsis, the …

Laboratory diagnosis of invasive mycoses

EM O'Shaughnessy, YM Shea… - Infectious Disease …, 2003 - id.theclinics.com
With the continuing rise in the number of immunocompromised patients, the incidence of
invasive mycoses has increased. Patients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies …

Rapid classification and identification of multiple microorganisms with accurate statistical significance via high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry

G Alves, G Wang, AY Ogurtsov, SK Drake… - Journal of the …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Rapid and accurate identification and classification of microorganisms is of paramount
importance to public health and safety. With the advance of mass spectrometry (MS) …

Rapid phenotypic stress-based microfluidic antibiotic susceptibility testing of Gram-negative clinical isolates

M Kalashnikov, M Mueller, C McBeth, JC Lee… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Bacteremia is a life-threatening condition for which antibiotics must be prescribed within
hours of clinical diagnosis. Since the current gold standard for bacteremia diagnosis is …

Novel electrical method for early detection of viable bacteria in blood cultures

S Puttaswamy, BD Lee, S Sengupta - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
We present a novel electrical method for detecting viable bacteria in blood cultures that is 4
to 10 times faster than continuous monitoring blood culture systems (CMBCS) like the …

Clinical evaluation of BacT/Alert FA plus and FN plus bottles compared with standard bottles

DH Lee, SC Kim, IG Bae, EH Koh… - Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
The performance of the BacT/Alert FA Plus and FN Plus resin bottles was evaluated in
comparison with that of standard aerobic (SA) and standard anaerobic (SN) bottles. Twenty …

Computational analysis on design and optimization of microfluidic channel for the separation of Staphylococcus aureus from blood using dielectrophoresis

S Ganesan, AV Juliet - Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical …, 2023 - Springer
This paper develops a computational microfluidic channel to investigate the design
parameters to separate sepsis-causing bacteria staphylococcus aureus from blood …

Diretrizes para tratamento da sepse grave/choque séptico: abordagem do agente infeccioso-diagnóstico

D Diament, R Salomão, O Rigatto, B Gomes… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
A sepse tem alta incidência, alta letalidade e custos elevados, sendo a principal causa de
mortalidade em unidades de terapia intensiva. Está claramente demonstrado que pacientes …