Patents Assigned to DK HOLDINGS COMPANY, LTD
  • Patent number: 11327079
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of directly detecting, using a mass-spectrometry method, whether a microorganism contained in a sample is resistant to antibiotics, and a kit for detection used therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and kit for directly detecting an antibiotic hydrolase secreted by a microorganism resistant to antibiotics, thereby directly determining whether the microorganism is resistant to antibiotics. According to the present invention, it is possible to very simply and immediately confirm whether a specific strain is resistant to antibiotics in the field. In particular, a complicated pretreatment process such as proteolysis is not performed, and a complicated identification process of calibrating and then combining the obtained results is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: DK HOLDINGS COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Kye Shin Park, Joon Sang Park, Eun Hee Lee, Dong Hwi Hwang, In Jung Ji, Jae Woo Roh, Jin Sung Ahn, Eun-Jeong Yoon, Ji Hye Ko