Abstract:
A process to determine the concentration of any substance in a colorimetric, turbidimetric or nephelometric reaction using a fluorometric detector to measure fluorescence intensity. In particular, a change in color can be monitored by observing the measurement of fluorescence intensity of a fluorophore in an inert matrix. The absorption spectrum of the chromophore may overlap the excitation and/or emission spectrum of the fluorophore, thereby allowing the change in fluorescence to be related to the intensity of color in the reaction and thus related to the quantity of the substance of interest.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method to determine susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of a majority of clinically significant Gram positive organisms. This invention also relates to a mixture of fluorogenic substrates used to detect the growth of Gram positive Bacteria.