Pilot Testing of the "Turbidimeter", a Simple, Universal Reader Intended to Complement and Enhance Bacterial Growth Detection in Manual Blood Culture Systems in Low-Resource Settings.

Barbara Barbé, Ellen Corsmit, Jasper Jans, Kamalpreet Kaur, Roel Baets, Jan Jacobs, Liselotte Hardy

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Performance evaluation of the BactInsight simplified blood culture system developed for resource-limited settings using a simulated test design.Scientific reports · 2026
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Barbara BarbéClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

Ellen CorsmitClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

Jasper JansCenter for Nano- and Biophotonics (NB-Photonics), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

Kamalpreet KaurCenter for Nano- and Biophotonics (NB-Photonics), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

Roel BaetsCenter for Nano- and Biophotonics (NB-Photonics), Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.

Jan JacobsClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

Liselotte HardyClinical Sciences Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

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EWI PPP2019-LH

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Abstract

Bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance are an increasing problem in low-income countries. There is a clear need for adapted diagnostic tools. To address this need, we developed a simple, universal reader prototype that detects bacterial growth in blood culture bottles. Our "turbidimeter" evaluates bacterial growth, based on the turbidity of the broth and the color change of the colorimetric CO

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bacterial growthblood culturebloodstream infectionlow-resource settingsturbidimetry

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PMID35328168

DOI10.3390/diagnostics12030615

PMCPMC8946860

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