'Capture & Concentration' Surfaces for the Isolation of Bacteria from Biological Samples

With the emergence of antimicrobial resistant organisms, effective treatment of infection is increasingly reliant on the timely and accurate provision of microbiology results to clinicians. Current practice is heavily reliant on the bacterial culture methods, where the growth of the organism enables analysis to proceed. Where the organism is not able to be grown no results can be provided to the clinician. This research describes the use of surface engineering technologies to fabricate carbohydrate modified surfaces for the capture of bacteria directly from biological samples. These have the potential to speed up the provision of accurate results to clinicians.