METHOD FOR BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION AND DETERMINATION OF THE SENSITIVITY OF BACTERIA TO ANTIBIOTICS AND APPARATUS AND CONSUMABLES FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD

摘要

Process for the identification of bacterial cultures and determn. of their sensitivity to antibiotics is new. A known vol. of bacterial culture is placed manually in each of several prim. containers (101) where it disperses in a liq. to form a pre-calibrated inoculum. All or part of this inoculum is transferred (101') to measuring containers where identification (104) and/or determn. of sensitivity (105) occurs. The inoculum may be allowed to undergo a pre-culture phase to bring it to a state of rapid cell division before spreading into cavities in the container contg. reagents. The containers are then incubated, during and after which time cell density in the cavities is measured and stored on computer (108). This data can be used to characterise the growth of bacteria in the inoculum, their identification and sensitivity to antibiotics. Also claimed is appts. for carrying out the method.