Simon Brauburger

Aug 17, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Filip Boskovic |Sarah Sandler |Yuan Shui |Simon Brauburger

AbstractEffective treatment of infectious diseases hinges on timely and accurate diagnosis. Current methods face challenges in distinguishing between pathogens that cause a similar symptom and where appropriate treatment may be hindered by antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we introduce a PCR-free system that identifies and quantifies ribosomal RNA transcripts (rRNA) in pathogenic bacteria instead of DNA-encoding rRNA genes.