Quantitative and specific detection of viable pathogens on a portable microfluidic chip system by combining improved propidium monoazide (PMAxx) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

Improved propidium monoazide (PMAxx) and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) were used to distinguish between viable and dead C. albicans . A portable microfluidic chip system was developed to detect multiple viable pathogens in parallel.