METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

摘要

A method for the quick and easy detection of antibiotic resistance in a sample and a kit that incorporates this method. The method involves providing a support; a first probe capable of specifically binding to part of the nucleic acid encoding the antibiotic resistance, and which is immobilisable on the support before and during the test procedure; a second probe capable of specifically binding another part of the nucleic acid encoding the antibiotic resistance, this second probe being labelled so as to be capable of producing a signal; allowing nucleic acid from the sample to come into contact with the first probe and the labelled second probe; detecting any signal from the labelled second probe bound to the support by cohybridisation of the immobilised first probe and the labelled probe to antibiotic resistance nucleic acid.