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Biosens Bioelectron ; 197: 113775, 2022 Feb 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34781179

RESUMO

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections resulting from urease-positive microorganisms are more likely to cause a urinary catheter blockage owing to the urease activity of the microbes. Catheter blockage can be dangerous and increases the risk of severe infections, such as sepsis. Ureases, a virulence factor in Proteus mirabilis, cause an increase in urine pH - leading to blockage. An optimised biosensor "lozenge" is presented here, which is able to detect impending catheter blockage. This lozenge has been optimised to allow easy manufacture and commercialisation. It functions as a sensor in a physiologically representative model of a catheterised urinary tract, providing 6.7 h warning prior to catheter blockage. The lozenge is stable in healthy human urine and can be sterilized for clinical use by ethylene oxide. Clinically, the lozenge will provide a visible indication of impending catheter blockage, enabling quicker clinical intervention and thus reducing the morbidity and mortality associated with blockage.


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Técnicas Biossensoriais , Infecções por Proteus , Infecções Urinárias , Biofilmes , Humanos , Proteus mirabilis , Cateteres Urinários/efeitos adversos , Infecções Urinárias/diagnóstico
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