Microchip system for monitoring microbial physiological behaviour under drug influences

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 777-786

  Arora, S ^a,b   Lim, C S ^a,b,c   Foo, J Y ^d   Sakharkar, M K ^c   Dixit, P ^e   Liu, A Q ^a   Miao, J M ^c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampicillin; Antibiotics; Bacterial cell investigations; Escherichia coli; High throughput monitoring; Microchip based analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MUTATION; AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL CELL INVESTIGATIONS; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; DRUG CONCENTRATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); HIGH-THROUGHPUT; HIGH-THROUGHPUT MONITORING; IN-VITRO; LABORATORY TEST; MICRO-COMPONENTS; MICROCHIP-BASED ANALYSIS; MICROMIXERS; SET-UPS; SINGLE-STEP; HIGH THROUGHPUT; PERSONALIZED THERAPIES;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; DRUG THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PROBLEM SOLVING; PUMPS; DRUG DOSAGE; THROUGHPUT;

MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MICROCHIP ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349303535     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM570     Document Type: Article

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