Patent ID: 9290790
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for detecting, in an uncultured biological sample comprising microorganisms, the presence of a specific type of microorganism resistant to a predetermined therapeutic agent, comprising the following steps: a. making two microbial suspensions of the sample in culture media, one in a first tube with, and one in a second tube without, such predetermined therapeutic agent; b. incubating both such suspensions; c. adding to the tube containing each such suspension a fluorescent marker which is capable of detecting said specific type of microorganism; d. determining one or more fluorescence parameters for each of the two tubes; e. comparing for each of the tubes such one or more fluorescence parameters; wherein the presence of said specific type of microorganism in the biological sample having the phenotype of resistance to said predetermined therapeutic agent is detected if the one or more fluorescence parameters of both tubes is substantially similar.