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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2003
Chun-ming Chen, Falmouth, ME (US);
Charles Carpenter, Scarborough, ME (US);
Haoyi Gu, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Ali Naqui, Falmouth, ME (US);
Gary Madsen, Falmouth, WI (US);
Thomas O'connor, Jr., Westbrook, ME (US);
Katherine Jean Esty, Westbrook, ME (US);
Chun-Ming Chen, Falmouth, ME (US);
Charles Carpenter, Scarborough, ME (US);
Haoyi Gu, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Ali Naqui, Falmouth, ME (US);
Gary Madsen, Falmouth, WI (US);
Thomas O'Connor, Jr., Westbrook, ME (US);
Katherine Jean Esty, Westbrook, ME (US);
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides devices and methods for determining the presence or absence of pathogens in a biological sample and for the concurrent determination of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens present. The devices and methods of the present invention are able to make the determinations without pre-selection of target bacteria. Instead, all organisms from the sample are applied to the device. In wells where one or more antimicrobial agents are present only pathogens resistant to the antimicrobial agent grow. This allows the user to determine the presence of target pathogens and concurrently determine the resistance patterns of the organisms without the need to subculture the organisms. The present invention also provides methods of performing a business service of performing the determinations described above, and kits containing the devices and descriptions of the methods.