Rapid AST

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Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing by growth detection biotracers

MICAST offers the best speed/cost ratio on the market

Left : Results of a usual AST test via eye inspection under ambient light. Middle and right : A MICAST test via fluorescence detection of growing bacteria.

Arrows indicate the minimum antibiotic concentration for bacterial growth inhibition (MIC) at respectively 3 hours, 4 hours and 6 hours.