Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official
government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you've safely
connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive
information only on official, secure websites.
Stress-based antibiotic susceptibility testing method. Shear flow potentiates the action of antibiotics against bacteria covalently-bound to the floor of a microfluidic channel. Bacterial death is monitored over time via automated microscopy. A fluorescent dye gives the number of dead bacteria while phase contrast images show the total bacterial count. If the percent of dead bacteria is >6% at the end of the assay, the strain is susceptible to the antibiotic of interest.
