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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Cheng-che Chung, Tainan, TW;
I-fang Cheng, Tainan, TW;
Wen-horng Yang, Tainan, TW;
Hsien-chang Chang, Tainan, TW;
Cheng-Che Chung, Tainan, TW;
I-Fang Cheng, Tainan, TW;
Wen-Horng Yang, Tainan, TW;
Hsien-Chang Chang, Tainan, TW;
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, TW;
Abstract
A method of antibiotic susceptibility testing is disclosed, and includes the following steps: (A) providing a sample to be tested wherein the sample contains a microbe; (B) adding an antibiotic into the sample, wherein the antibiotic serves to inhibit cell wall synthesis; (C) checking the sample by dielectrophoresis and observing a shape change of the microbe; and (D) determining whether the microbe is susceptible to the antibiotic according to the shape change thereof. The present invention also discloses a method for determining a minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic.