Fast detection of bacterial growth by using Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit (PMEU) and ChemPro100i® gas sensor

Pathophysiology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-62

  Hakalehto, Elias ^a,b   Pesola, Jouni ^a,c   Heitto, Anneli ^b   Deo, Brajesh Bhanj ^b,d   Rissanen, Kari ^b   Sankilampi, Ulla ^c   Humppi, Tarmo ^e   Paakkanen, Heikki ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Finnoflag Oy   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e FINNISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Finland)

^f Environics Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacillus cereus; Bacterial enrichment; Blood cultures; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Hospital infections; Intestinal microbiota; Ion mobility spectrometer; Klebsiella; Neonatal septicaemia; Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROORGANISM; NEWBORN; PORTABLE MICROBE ENRICHMENT UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 67349219687     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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