Towards the Identification of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Causing Urinary Tract Infections Using Volatile Organic Compounds Analysis-A Pilot Study

• Main Authors: Keith Hewett (Author), Natalia Drabińska (Author), Paul White (Author), Matthew B. Avison (Author), Raj Persad (Author), Norman Ratcliffe (Author), Ben de Lacy Costello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic resistance is an unprecedented threat to modern medicine. The analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from bacteria potentially offers a rapid way to determine antibiotic susceptibility in bacteria. This study aimed to find the optimal conditions to obtain the maximum number of VOCs...