7X multiplexed, optofluidic detection of nucleic acids for antibiotic-resistance bacterial screening

Opt Express. 2020 Oct 26;28(22):33019-33027. doi: 10.1364/OE.402311.

Abstract

Rapid and accurate diagnosis of bacterial infections resistant to multiple antibiotics requires development of new bio-sensors for differentiated detection of multiple targets. This work demonstrates 7x multiplexed detection for antibiotic-resistance bacterial screening on an optofluidic platform. We utilize spectrally multiplexed multi-spot excitation for simultaneous detection of nucleic acid strands corresponding to bacterial targets and resistance genes. This is enabled by multi-mode interference (MMI) waveguides integrated in an optofluidic device. We employ a combinatorial three-color labeling scheme for the nucleic acid assays to scale up their multiplexing capability to seven different nucleic acids, representing three species and four resistance genes.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Proteins / drug effects
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Enterobacter aerogenes / drug effects
  • Enterobacter aerogenes / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / genetics*
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques*
  • Optical Devices

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial