Conspectus Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat that if left unchecked could lead to 10
million annual mortalities by 2050. One factor contributing to the rise of multi-drug-resistant …

Bloodstream infection is a major cause of morbidity and death worldwide. Timely and
appropriate treatment can reduce mortality among critically ill patients. Current diagnostic …

The global threat of antibiotic resistance underscores critical but unmet needs for rapid
antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) technologies. To this end, droplet microfluidic‐based …

Empirical antibiotic therapies are prescribed for treating uncomplicated urinary tract
infections (UTIs) due to the long turnaround time of conventional antimicrobial susceptibility …

Counting viable bacterial cells and functional bacteriophage is fundamental to microbiology
underpinning research, surveillance, biopharmaceuticals and diagnostics. Colony forming …

Background Sepsis is caused mainly by infection in the blood with a broad range of bacterial
species. It can be diagnosed by molecular diagnostics once compounds in the blood that …

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 …

Efficient tools for rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) are crucial for appropriate use of
antibiotics, especially colistin, which is now often considered a last resort therapy with …

Antibiotic resistance is a major global challenge. Although microfluidic antibiotic
susceptibility tests (AST) offer great potential for rapid and portable testing to inform correct …

Automated methods for rapidly purifying and concentrating bacteria from environmental
interferents are needed in next-generation applications for anything from water purification …