Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving viable micro-organism
Patent
1992-02-25
1994-05-31
Wityshyn, Michael G.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving viable micro-organism
435 4, 435 29, 435 32, 435863, 435864, 435732, 4352521, 4352531, C12Q 100, C12Q 102, C12Q 118, C12N 120
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ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for determining the sensitivity of MAI to different antimicrobial agents and dosages thereof is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of test tubes adapted to contain an amount of an antimicrobial agent to be tested and MAI complex organisms to be assayed and a separate paraffin coated slide adapted for placement in each of the test tubes. The growth of the MAI complex organisms on the slide can be used to determine the concentration of the antimicrobial agent necessary to resist MAI complex organism growth on the slide. An associated method is also disclosed.
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Infectech Inc.
Radack David V.
Silverman Arnold B.
Williams Jane
Wityshyn Michael G.
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