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Henrik Soderstrom

Jonas Jarvius

Jan Grawe

Anders Lind

Ian S Fitzpatrick

Jurg Bartholdi

Simon Uhrberg

Jonas Melin

Richard Kroon

Karl Sköld

Caroline Johansson

Magnus Sandow

Magnus Forslund

Ake Strese

Daniel Dolk Djurberg

Sara Frolander

Markus Lindblom

Sebastian Carlsson

Ian Fitzpatrick

A portable apparatus and method for transport and incubation of a medical sample in a blood culture flask includes a sealable container having a thermally insulated compartment for receiving the blood culture flask and a heater for heating the medical sample to a temperature suitable for pre-culturing of the sample. An agitator is provided for agitating the sample in the blood culture flask.

Medical sample transportation container

Medical tool

A method for detecting and characterising a microorganism in a clinical sample includes introducing the clinical sample to a first culture vessel and simultaneously transporting and incubating the clinical sample in a thermally insulated compartment of a sealable container. A test aliquot is removed from the sample and the remainder of the sample is further cultured. DNA is removed from the test aliquot and nucleic acid tests are performed on it to identify the microorganism and to detect the presence or absence of one or more genetic antimicrobial resistance markers in the microorganism. One or more nucleic acid probes or primers are used to perform the nucleic acid tests. It is detected whether or not the probes or primers have hybridised to DNA or the primers have been extended. If a microorganism is identified, then an antimicrobial susceptibility test is performed on the cultured clinical sample.

Detecting and characterizing a microorganism

A portable apparatus for transport and incubation of a medical sample in a blood culture flask includes a sealable container having a thermally insulated compartment for receiving the blood culture flask and a heater for heating the medical sample to a temperature suitable for pre-culturing of the sample. An agitator is provided for agitating the sample in the blood culture flask.

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Knivsta, Sweden

Henrik Soderstrom