Patent ID: 8440424
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for the detection of antibiotic resistance in a micro-organism in a biological sample, comprising: (a) providing a labelled antibiotic, (b) contacting the labelled antibiotic with a biological sample comprising a micro-organism under conditions which allow binding of the labeled antibiotic to its binding site in the micro-organism or to a protein secreted by the micro-organism, (c) detecting the labelled antibiotic in the micro-organism, (d) identifying the micro-organism, and (e) determining whether the amount of detectable label is altered with respect to the amount of detectable label in the micro-organism in its non-resistant form, wherein micro-organisms in which the amount of detectable label is altered with respect to the amount of detectable label in the micro-organism in its non-resistant form are microorganisms resistant against the antibiotic.