Using novel micropore technology combined with artificial intelligence to differentiate Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis
A micropore device Micropores (3 µm in diameter) were fabricated on a 50 nm-thick silicon nitride film cast on a silicon substrate. The silicon substrate was sandwiched between a 25 mm × 25 mm 0.5-mm-thick plastic channel. This structure is termed “a micropore module” or “a module” (Fig. 1a, b). Bacterial suspensions (18 µL) in 1× phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and PBS (15 …