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Wu W, Mu Y. Microfluidic technologies for advanced antimicrobial susceptibility testing. BIOMICROFLUIDICS 2024; 18:031504. [PMID: 38855477 PMCID: PMC11162290 DOI: 10.1063/5.0190112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
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Antimicrobial resistance is getting serious and becoming a threat to public health worldwide. The improper and excessive use of antibiotics is responsible for this situation. The standard methods used in clinical laboratories, to diagnose bacterial infections, identify pathogens, and determine susceptibility profiles, are time-consuming and labor-intensive, leaving the empirical antimicrobial therapy as the only option for the first treatment. To prevent the situation from getting worse, evidence-based therapy should be given. The choosing of effective drugs requires powerful diagnostic tools to provide comprehensive information on infections. Recent progress in microfluidics is pushing infection diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) to be faster and easier. This review summarizes the recent development in microfluidic assays for rapid identification and AST in bacterial infections. Finally, we discuss the perspective of microfluidic-AST to develop the next-generation infection diagnosis technologies.
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- Wenshuai Wu
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, China
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Zhao Y, Sun Y, Xie X, Liang Y, Cavalcanti-Adam EA, Feng W. Compact Micropatterned Chip Empowers Undisturbed and Programmable Drug Addition in High-Throughput Cell Screening. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2306814. [PMID: 37793694 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Simultaneously adding multiple drugs and other chemical reagents to individual droplets at specific time points presents a significant challenge, particularly when dealing with tiny droplets in high-throughput screening applications. In this study, a micropatterned polymer chip is developed as a miniaturized platform for light-induced programmable drug addition in cell-based screening. This chip incorporates a porous superhydrophobic polymer film with atom transfer radical polymerization reactivity, facilitating the efficient grafting of azobenzene methacrylate, a photoconformationally changeable group, onto the hydrophilic regions of polymer matrix at targeted locations and with precise densities. By employing light irradiation, the cyclodextrin-azobenzene host-guest complexes formed on the polymer chip can switch from an "associated" to a "dissociated" state, granting precise photochemical control over the supramolecular coding system and its surface patterning ability. Significantly, the exceptional spatial and temporal control offered by these chemical transitions empowers to utilize digital light processing systems for simultaneous regulation and release of cyclodextrin-bearing drugs across numerous droplets containing suspended or adhered cells. This approach minimizes mechanical disruption while achieving precise control over the timing of addition, dosage, and integration varieties of released drugs in high-throughput screening, all programmable to meet specific requirements.
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- Yuanyi Zhao
- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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- College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China
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Lehnert T, Gijs MAM. Microfluidic systems for infectious disease diagnostics. LAB ON A CHIP 2024; 24:1441-1493. [PMID: 38372324 DOI: 10.1039/d4lc00117f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Microorganisms, encompassing both uni- and multicellular entities, exhibit remarkable diversity as omnipresent life forms in nature. They play a pivotal role by supplying essential components for sustaining biological processes across diverse ecosystems, including higher host organisms. The complex interactions within the human gut microbiota are crucial for metabolic functions, immune responses, and biochemical signalling, particularly through the gut-brain axis. Viruses also play important roles in biological processes, for example by increasing genetic diversity through horizontal gene transfer when replicating inside living cells. On the other hand, infection of the human body by microbiological agents may lead to severe physiological disorders and diseases. Infectious diseases pose a significant burden on global healthcare systems, characterized by substantial variations in the epidemiological landscape. Fast spreading antibiotic resistance or uncontrolled outbreaks of communicable diseases are major challenges at present. Furthermore, delivering field-proven point-of-care diagnostic tools to the most severely affected populations in low-resource settings is particularly important and challenging. New paradigms and technological approaches enabling rapid and informed disease management need to be implemented. In this respect, infectious disease diagnostics taking advantage of microfluidic systems combined with integrated biosensor-based pathogen detection offers a host of innovative and promising solutions. In this review, we aim to outline recent activities and progress in the development of microfluidic diagnostic tools. Our literature research mainly covers the last 5 years. We will follow a classification scheme based on the human body systems primarily involved at the clinical level or on specific pathogen transmission modes. Important diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria, will be addressed more extensively.
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- Thomas Lehnert
- Laboratory of Microsystems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland.
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- Laboratory of Microsystems, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland.
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Zhang J, Xu L, Sheng Z, Zheng J, Chen W, Hu Q, Shen F. Combination-Lock SlipChip Integrating Nucleic Acid Sample Preparation and Isothermal LAMP Amplification for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2. ACS Sens 2024; 9:646-653. [PMID: 38181090 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Nucleic acid analysis with an easy-to-use workflow, high specificity and sensitivity, independence of sophisticated instruments, and accessibility outside of the laboratory is highly desirable for the detection and monitoring of infectious diseases. Integration of laboratory-quality sample preparation on a hand-held system is critical for performance. A SlipChip device inspired by the combination lock can perform magnetic bead-based nucleic acid extraction with several clockwise and counterclockwise rotations. A palm-sized base station was developed to assist sample preparation and provide thermal control of isothermal nucleic acid amplification without plug-in power. The loop-mediated isothermal amplification reaction can be performed with a colorimetric method and directly analyzed by the naked eye or with a mobile phone app. This system achieves good bead recovery during the sample preparation workflow and has minimal residue carryover from the lysis and elution buffers. Its performance is comparable to that of the standard laboratory protocol with real-time qPCR amplification methods. The entire workflow is completed in less than 35 min and the device can achieve 500 copies/mL sensitivity. Thirty clinical nasal swab samples were collected and tested with a sensitivity of 95% and a specificity of 100% for SARS-CoV-2. This combination-lock SlipChip provides a promising fast, easy-to-use nucleic acid test with bead-based sample preparation that produces laboratory-quality results for point-of-care settings, especially in home use applications.
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- Jiajie Zhang
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Hua Shan Road, Shanghai 200030, China
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Needs SH, Pivetal J, Hayward J, Kidd SP, Lam H, Diep T, Gill K, Woodward M, Reis NM, Edwards AD. Moving microcapillary antibiotic susceptibility testing (mcAST) towards the clinic: unravelling kinetics of detection of uropathogenic E. coli, mass-manufacturing and usability for detection of urinary tract infections in human urine. SENSORS & DIAGNOSTICS 2023; 2:736-750. [PMID: 37216011 PMCID: PMC10197089 DOI: 10.1039/d2sd00138a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Innovation in infection based point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics is vital to avoid unnecessary use of antibiotics and the development of antimicrobial resistance. Several groups including our research team have in recent years successfully miniaturised phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility tests (AST) of isolated bacterial strains, providing validation that miniaturised AST can match conventional microbiological methods. Some studies have also shown the feasibility of direct testing (without isolation or purification), specifically for urinary tract infections, paving the way for direct microfluidic AST systems at PoC. As rate of bacteria growth is intrinsically linked to the temperature of incubation, transferring miniaturised AST nearer the patient requires building new capabilities in terms of temperature control at PoC, furthermore widespread clinical use will require mass-manufacturing of microfluidic test strips and direct testing of urine samples. This study shows for the first-time application of microcapillary antibiotic susceptibility testing (mcAST) directly from clinical samples, using minimal equipment and simple liquid handling, and with kinetics of growth recorded using a smartphone camera. A complete PoC-mcAST system was presented and tested using 12 clinical samples sent to a clinical laboratory for microbiological analysis. The test showed 100% accuracy for determining bacteria in urine above the clinical threshold (5 out of 12 positive) and achieved 95% categorical agreement for 5 positive urines tested with 4 antibiotics (nitrofurantoin, ciprofloxacin, trimethoprim and cephalexin) within 6 h compared to the reference standard overnight AST method. A kinetic model is presented for metabolization of resazurin, demonstrating kinetics of degradation of resazurin in microcapillaries follow those observed for a microtiter plate, with time for AST dependent on the initial CFU ml-1 of uropathogenic bacteria in the urine sample. In addition, we show for the first time that use of air-drying for mass-manufacturing and deposition of AST reagents within the inner surface of mcAST strips matches results obtained with standard AST methods. These results take mcAST a step closer to clinical application, for example as PoC support for antibiotic prescription decisions within a day.
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- Sarah H Needs
- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
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- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
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- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
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- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Basingstoke RG24 9NA UK
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- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Basingstoke RG24 9NA UK
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- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
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- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
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- Department of Food and Nutrition Sciences, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6DX UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Centre for Biosensors, Biodevices and Bioelectronics (C3Bio), University of Bath Claverton Down Bath BA2 7AY UK +44(0)1225 383 369
- Capillary Film Technology (CFT) Daux Road Billingshurst RH14 9SJ UK
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- Reading School of Pharmacy, University of Reading Whiteknights Campus Reading RG6 6AD UK +44(0)7906014116 +44(0)118 378 4253
- Capillary Film Technology (CFT) Daux Road Billingshurst RH14 9SJ UK
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