ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING USING LIBRARY MATCH

摘要

A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product that matches a treatment profile (e.g. drug treatment at a particular dosage and timeframe) to a sample of biological material (e.g. blood sample, etc.). A mass spectrometry spectrum may be generated from a matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF MS) device from the testing of a sample of biological material that includes at least one pathogen (e.g. bacteria, microorganism, virus, etc.). This received mass spectrometry spectrum may be matched by a diagnostic unit to determine the species of the pathogen against a species database. The species database may include predetermined mass spectrometry spectrums of known species of pathogens. Based on the matched species of pathogen, a diagnostic unit may match the received mass spectrometry spectrum of the sample of biological material to at least one treatment profile from a second reference database of predetermined mass spectrometry spectrums.