Bioelectronics & Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
Bioelectronics & Microsystems Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA; Center for Research in Advanced Sensing Technologies & Environmental Sustainability, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902, USA.
Biosens Bioelectron. 2022 Nov 15;216:114604. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2022.114604. Epub 2022 Aug 6.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is the most important opportunistic pathogen leading to serious and life-threatening infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Because of its remarkable capacity to resist antibiotics, the selection of the right antibiotics with the exact dose for the appropriate duration is critical to effectively treat the infections and prevent antibiotic resistance. Although conventional genotypic and phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) methods have been dramatically advanced, they have suffered from many technical and operational issues as a generalized antibiotic stewardship program. Furthermore, given that most microbial infections are caused by their biofilms, the existing AST methods do not provide evidence-based antibiotic prescribing guidance for biofilm-based infections because the results are based on individual bacteria traditionally grown in their planktonic form. In this work, we create an innovative susceptibility testing technique for P. aeruginosa that offers clinically relevant guidelines and widely adaptable stewardship to effectively treat the infections and minimize antibiotic resistance. Our approach evaluates the antibiotic efficacy by continuously monitoring the accumulated electrical outputs from the bacterial extracellular electron transfer (EET) process in the presence of antibiotics. Our innovative paper-based culturing 3-D scaffold promotes surface-associated growth of bacterial colonies and biofilms. The platform replicates a natural habitat for P. aeruginosa where it can grow similarly to sites it infects. Our technique enables an all-electrical, real-time, easy-to-use, portable AST that can be easily translatable to clinical settings. The entire procedure takes 96 min to provide evidence-based antimicrobial prescribing guidance for biofilm-based infections.
铜绿假单胞菌是最重要的机会性病原体,可导致严重且危及生命的感染,尤其是在免疫功能低下的患者中。由于其对抗生素具有显著的耐药能力,因此选择正确的抗生素并确定适当的剂量和持续时间对于有效治疗感染和预防抗生素耐药至关重要。尽管传统的基因型和表型抗生素药敏试验(AST)方法已经有了显著的进步,但作为一种通用的抗生素管理计划,它们存在许多技术和操作问题。此外,鉴于大多数微生物感染是由其生物膜引起的,现有的 AST 方法不能为基于生物膜的感染提供基于证据的抗生素处方指导,因为这些结果是基于传统以浮游形式生长的单个细菌得出的。在这项工作中,我们为铜绿假单胞菌创建了一种创新的药敏测试技术,为有效治疗感染和最小化抗生素耐药性提供了临床相关的指导和广泛适用的管理。我们的方法通过在存在抗生素的情况下连续监测细菌细胞外电子转移(EET)过程的累积电输出,来评估抗生素的疗效。我们的创新纸质培养 3D 支架促进了细菌菌落和生物膜的表面相关生长。该平台复制了铜绿假单胞菌的自然栖息地,使其能够类似于感染部位的方式生长。我们的技术实现了一种全电子、实时、易于使用、便携式的 AST,可轻松转化为临床环境。整个过程需要 96 分钟,为基于生物膜的感染提供基于证据的抗菌药物处方指导。