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Review
. 2022 Jan;12(1):58-76.
doi: 10.34172/apb.2022.004. Epub 2021 Jan 30.

Isothermal Amplification of Nucleic Acids Coupled with Nanotechnology and Microfluidic Platforms for Detecting Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Beyond

Seyedeh Zahra Alamolhoda  1   2 , Nosratollah Zarghami  1 , Houman Kahroba  3 , Ahmad Mehdipour  4 , Mohammad Pourhassan-Moghaddam  1 , Rana Jahanban-Esfahlan  1 , Morteza Milani  1   5
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Isothermal Amplification of Nucleic Acids Coupled with Nanotechnology and Microfluidic Platforms for Detecting Antimicrobial Drug Resistance and Beyond

Seyedeh Zahra Alamolhoda et al. Adv Pharm Bull. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is one of the serious health-threatening issues globally, the control of which is indispensable for rapid diagnosis and treatment because of the high prevalence and risks of pathogenicity. Traditional and molecular techniques are relatively expensive, complex, and non-portable, requiring facilities, trained personnel, and high-tech laboratories. Widespread and timely-detection is vital to the better crisis management of rapidly spreading infective diseases, especially in low-tech regions and resource-limited settings. Hence, the need for inexpensive, fast, simple, mobile, and accessible point-of-care (POC) diagnostics is highly demanding. Among different biosensing methods, the isothermal amplification of nucleic acids is favorite due to their simplicity, high sensitivity/specificity, rapidity, and portability, all because they require a constant temperature to work. Isothermal amplification methods are utilized for detecting various targets, including DNA, RNA, cells, proteins, small molecules, ions, and viruses. In this paper, we discuss various platforms, applications, and potentials of isothermal amplification techniques for biosensing of antimicrobial resistance. We also evaluate the potential of these methods, coupled with the novel and rapidly-evolving platforms offered by nanotechnology and microfluidic devices.

Keywords: Antibiotic drug resistance; Biosensing; Isothermal amplification techniques; Microfluidics; Nanotechnology.

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