Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

AI-based mobile application to fight antibiotic resistance

  • Marco Pascucci,
  • Guilhem Royer,
  • Jakub Adamek,
  • Mai Al Asmar,
  • David Aristizabal,
  • Laetitia Blanche,
  • Amine Bezzarga,
  • Guillaume Boniface-Chang,
  • Alex Brunner,
  • Christian Curel,
  • Gabriel Dulac-Arnold,
  • Rasheed M. Fakhri,
  • Nada Malou,
  • Clara Nordon,
  • Vincent Runge,
  • Franck Samson,
  • Ellen Sebastian,
  • Dena Soukieh,
  • Jean-Philippe Vert,
  • Christophe Ambroise,
  • Mohammed-Amin Madoui

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21187-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health threat and its development is promoted by antibiotic misuse. Here, the authors present an offline smartphone application for automated and standardized antibiotic susceptibility testing, to be deployed in resource-limited settings.