EQUIPMENT, KIT AND METHOD FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC

摘要

THE PRESENT INVENTION IS RELATED TO THE MICROBIOLOGY, SPECIFICALLY WITH AN EQUIPMENT, A KIT AND A METHOD USEFUL FOR THE RAPID MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC, ALL HAVING APPLICATIONS IN HUMAN AND VETERINARY CLINIC.THE INVENTION ALLOWS TO DETEC TURBIDIMETRIC CHANGES DUE TO MICROBIAL GROWTH, USING AN EQUIPMENT COMPRISING TWO MAIN DEVICES; AN STATIC TURBIDIMETRIC MINIREADER AND A MICROFLOW SENSOR WHICH IS FED BY A PERISTALTIC PUMP, BEING THIS EQUIPMENT COUPLED TO A MICROCOMPUTER WITH A PROGRAM PACKAGE FOR ACQUISITION, PROCESSING AND CREATION OF DATA BASES TO BE USED IN GENERATING NECESSARY REPORTS.THE DIAGNOSTIC KIT HAS A GLASS VIAL WITH CULTURE MEDIUM AND CONTAINING A POLYMER WITH DE-REPRESSIVE ACTIVITY AND TWO ADDITIONAL SUBSTRATES FOR E. COLI IDENTIFICATION, AS WELL AS A SET OF ANTIBIOTIC DISCS ORGANIZED IN A STRIP FOR ANTIBIOGRAM DETERMINATION FROM PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED COLONIES OR SAMPLES OBTAINED DIRECTLY FROM THEIR SOURCES, ALLOWING DETECTION OF INFECTIONS OR URINARY TRACT FROM DIRECT SAMPLES OF URINE, INCLUDING SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION OF E. COLI.