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ICU patients with drug-resistant infections tin present get targeted antibiotic therapy wrong 3 hours, with the motorboat of a NABL-accredited Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) PCR sheet by Guntur-based Ipseity Diagnostics and Research.
While accepted civilization methods instrumentality 48 to 72 hours, the molecular test, launched connected World Health Day, tin place absorption markers specified arsenic CTX-M, SHV/TEM, ampC, KPC, NDM, OXA-48, mecA, and vanA/vanB wrong 3 hours.
Speaking astatine a property league successful Guntur connected Tuesday (April 7, 2026), Kalyan Chakravarthy Koganti, main aesculapian serviceman (General Medicine) astatine the probe centre, said the accelerated turnaround would assistance clinicians instrumentality timely decisions successful conditions specified arsenic sepsis, pneumonia, and ICU-related infections. “Unlike accepted civilization methods that instrumentality 48 to 72 hours, this PCR-based trial delivers accelerated and usable results, which is captious erstwhile each infinitesimal matters,” helium said.
The AMR PCR sheet forms portion of the company’s infectious illness diagnostic suite, which includes panels for sepsis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and meningitis, each with AMR profiling suited to Indian objective needs.
Sandeep Kumar Nadendla, main enforcement serviceman of the Ipseity Group of Companies, said akin technologies were earlier disposable lone done European and U.S. firms. The indigenous trial would chopped costs by astir 70%, helium said.
