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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1985
Stanley E Charm, Newton, MA (US);
Penicillin Assays, Inc., Malden, MA (US);
Abstract
A rapid method for the detection of beta-lactamase in body fluids which method comprises contacting a sample of a body fluid with charcoal, removing the charcoal and recovering an essentially charcoal free supernatant, adding a labeled beta-lactam compound such as C.sup.14 penicillin to the supernatant for a defined period of time, adding a antibiotic sensitive microorganism, incubating and thereafter removing the microorganism cells from the incubation broth, measuring the amount of C.sup.14 bound-labeled penicillin and comparing the measured amount with a controlled sample or standard data or graph to determine the amount of any beta-lactamase in the body fluid sample.