Patent ID: 7384778
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: B01L,C12Q

Abstract:
1. An assay device for detecting the presence or absence of uropathogens that are the primary causative agents of urinary tract infections in a biological sample and for concurrently determining the anti-microbial susceptibility of the uropathogens present in the sample, comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of wells; at least one well comprising a uropathogen specific medium; at least one well comprising an antimicrobial susceptibility medium comprising an antimicrobial agent; and a lower housing portion comprising the at least one well, an upper housing portion having openings over the at least one well, and a well cover window slidably positioned between the upper housing portion and the lower housing portion, wherein the well cover window has an open position for providing access to the wells and a closed position for closing the wells; wherein growth of primary causative agents of urinary tract infections and production of a detectable signal in the at least one well comprising a uropathogen specific medium indicates the presence of primary Gram negative uropathogens causative agents of urinary tract infections in the sample; and wherein growth of primary causative agents of urinary tract infections and production of a signal in the at least one well comprising an antimicrobial susceptibility medium indicates that the primary causative agents of urinary tract infections lack susceptibility to the antimicrobial agent.