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EP 1594881 A4 20080206 - CONCURRENT MICROORGANISM IDENTIFICATION AND SUSCEPTIBILITIES FROM BROTH

Title (en)

CONCURRENT MICROORGANISM IDENTIFICATION AND SUSCEPTIBILITIES FROM BROTH

Title (de)

PARALLELE MIKROORGANISMUS IDENTIFIZIERUNG UND ANFÄLLIGKEITEN VON BRÜHE

Title (fr)

TESTS CONCURRENTS D'IDENTIFICATION DE MICRO-ORGANISMES ET DE SENSIBILITE A PARTIR D'UN BOUILLON

Publication

EP 1594881 A4 20080206 (EN)

Application

EP 02797169 A 20021203

Priority

US 0238543 W 20021203

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004050675A1] A method and Kit for performing concurrent identification testing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing from broth culture are described. Broth incubation is generally 4 to 6 hrs providing adequate numbers of microorganisms for inoculating a multi-chambered kit plate comprising enriched, differential, selective, differential-selective, single-purpose and susceptibility media. Several dilutions are prepared from the cultured broth, for inoculation of the kit plate. The more dilute concentration produces individual colonies of microorganisms, for identification testing. The isolation makes an initial isolation step unnecessary. The heavier concentration dilution provides a lawn inoculation for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (directly proportional to a Kirby-Bauer AST) as well as other identification tests. Antimicrobial susceptibilities are valid even when several different microorganisms coexist in the same test chamber. The method is fast for bacteria, providing identification and susceptibility data in 24hrs. The kit is complete, except for an incubator and microscope. The method is simple to perform and can be utilized almost anywhere. Novel agar-based media formulated with Iota carrageenan provides for a significantly long shelf life of the test media.

IPC 1-7

C07H 1/00; C12M 1/00; C12N 1/00; C12N 1/12; C12N 1/20; C12Q 1/00; C12Q 1/04; G01N 33/53

IPC 8 full level

C12M 1/16 (2006.01); C12M 1/20 (2006.01); C12N 1/20 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C12M 23/12 (2013.01); C12M 33/02 (2013.01); C12M 33/04 (2013.01); C12N 1/20 (2013.01); C12Q 1/045 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004050675 A1 20040617; AU 2002362043 A1 20040623; CA 2549213 A1 20040617; EP 1594881 A1 20051116; EP 1594881 A4 20080206

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0238543 W 20021203; AU 2002362043 A 20021203; CA 2549213 A 20021203; EP 02797169 A 20021203