Editorial: Development of point-of-care sensors for diagnosis of bacterial-associated infections
- Bacterial-associated infections continue to pose significant health burdens globally, exacerbated by rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and persistent biofilm-associated complications. Traditional diagnostic methods—culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay—are reliable yet often delayed, requiring centralized facilities and specialized personnel. In many contexts, particularly in low-resource settings or during outbreaks, such constraints limit timely patient care. This gap has driven the field toward innovative point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics—compact, affordable, sensitive, and user-friendly tools that align with the WHO’s ASSURED criteria (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid/Robust, Equipment-free or simple, Deliverable).
The Research Topic Development of point-of-care sensors for diagnosis of bacterial-associated infections, coordinated by Topic Editors Maria Leilani Torres-Mapa (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany),Bacterial-associated infections continue to pose significant health burdens globally, exacerbated by rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and persistent biofilm-associated complications. Traditional diagnostic methods—culture, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay—are reliable yet often delayed, requiring centralized facilities and specialized personnel. In many contexts, particularly in low-resource settings or during outbreaks, such constraints limit timely patient care. This gap has driven the field toward innovative point-of-care (PoC) diagnostics—compact, affordable, sensitive, and user-friendly tools that align with the WHO’s ASSURED criteria (Affordable, Sensitive, Specific, User-friendly, Rapid/Robust, Equipment-free or simple, Deliverable).
The Research Topic Development of point-of-care sensors for diagnosis of bacterial-associated infections, coordinated by Topic Editors Maria Leilani Torres-Mapa (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany), Janina Bahnemann (University of Augsburg, Germany), Katharina Nikutta (Hannover Medical School, Germany), and Sofia Arshavsky Graham (University of British Columbia, Canada) published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, has brought together a rich Research Topic of eight original research contributions, each advancing PoC biosensing through diverse methodologies and device innovations.…
