Simple optical nanomotion method for single-bacterium viability and antibiotic response testing
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221284120
Abstract: Antibiotic resistance is nowadays a major public health issue. Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility tests (AST) are one of the options to fight this deadly threat. Performing AST with single-cell sensitivity that is rapid, cheap, and widely… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; optical nanomotion; method; viability ... See more keywords
Differences in bacteria nanomotion profiles and neutrophil nanomotion during phagocytosis
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1113353
Abstract: The main goal of this work is to highlight the connection between nanomotion and the metabolic activity of living cells. We therefore monitored the nanomotion of four different clinical strains of bacteria (prokaryotes) and the… read more here.
Keywords: nanomotion profiles; differences bacteria; profiles neutrophil; phagocytosis ... See more keywords
Mitochondrial nanomotion measured by optical microscopy
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1133773
Abstract: Nanometric scale size oscillations seem to be a fundamental feature of all living organisms on Earth. Their detection usually requires complex and very sensitive devices. However, some recent studies demonstrated that very simple optical microscopes… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; nanomotion measured; measured optical; optical microscopy ... See more keywords
Living Sample Viability Measurement Methods from Traditional Assays to Nanomotion
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DOI: 10.3390/bios12070453
Abstract: Living sample viability measurement is an extremely common process in medical, pharmaceutical, and biological fields, especially drug pharmacology and toxicology detection. Nowadays, there are a number of chemical, optical, and mechanical methods that have been… read more here.
Keywords: viability measurement; sample viability; living sample; viability ... See more keywords
Single-Cell Optical Nanomotion of Candida albicans in Microwells for Rapid Antifungal Susceptibility Testing
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DOI: 10.3390/fermentation9040365
Abstract: Candida albicans is an emerging multidrug-resistant opportunistic pathogen representing an important source of invasive disease in humans and generating high healthcare costs worldwide. The development of a rapid and simple antifungal susceptibility test (AFST) could… read more here.
Keywords: cell; rapid antifungal; antifungal susceptibility; susceptibility ... See more keywords