DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MICROBES AND COUNTING MICROBES AND DETERMINING ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY

摘要

A method of determining antimicrobial activity of an agent can include providing a well wherein the well contains at least one antimicrobial agent the well further including at least two electrodes. A sample of a microbe can be added into the well and a voltage pulsed between the electrodes. An electrical property can be sampled and recorded. In another aspect a method of identifying at least one microbe includes taking a sample containing the at least one microbe isolating the at least one microbe from the sample dividing the at least one microbe into a at least one well wherein each well contains at least one antimicrobial agent and at least two electrodes. A voltage is pulsed between the at least two electrodes an electrical property is sampled during the pulsing and recorded. In another aspect a diagnostic device for detecting at least one microbe is presented.