| CPC C12Q 1/689 (2013.01) | 31 Claims | 
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               1. A method to detect a nucleic acid of a microorganism in a plurality of samples of an isolate or specimen including the microorganism, the method comprising 
              contacting the plurality of samples with an antibiotic to provide a plurality of antibiotic-treated samples, and 
                quantitatively detecting in the plurality of antibiotic-treated samples an accessible nucleic acid of the microorganism, the quantitatively detecting independently performed 
                in the absence of a lysis treatment targeting the microorganism in an antibiotic-treated sample of the plurality of antibiotic-treated samples, and/or 
                in the presence of a lysis treatment in an antibiotic-treated sample of the plurality of antibiotic-treated samples, following pre-lysis mechanical separation of the microorganism from the nucleic acid in the antibiotic-treated sample of the plurality of antibiotic-treated samples subjected to lysis treatment to remove the inaccessible nucleic acids from the sample and 
              the contacting and quantitatively detecting performed to obtain a detected accessible antibiotic-treated nucleic acid concentration value of the microorganism for each antibiotic-treated sample of the plurality of antibiotic-treated samples. 
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