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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Edith Magda Lucia Geijp, Pijnacker, NL;
Jacobus J. Stark, Rotterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Edith Magda Lucia Geijp, Pijnacker, NL;
Jacobus J. Stark, Rotterdam, NL;
Assignee:
R-Biopharm AG, Darmstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/18 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a test medium comprising a test microorganism, an indicator and a metal in ionized form, wherein the valence of said metal is at least 2 and the concentration of said metal is between 0.001 M and 1 M. Furthermore, there is provided a method for the determination of the presence of an antibiotic characterized in that a metal salt is added to said test medium and/or to said sample of fluid. Finally, there is provided a kit suitable for the determination of an antibiotic in a fluid.