Advances of Raman Spectroscopy in Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

It is not optimistic about the current situation of global infectious diseases. The diseases are harmful not only to human health, but also to the global public health security. The types of pathogenic microorganisms causing infectious diseases are very complex, and the existing detection technologies cannot effectively give the detection result in a short time and the detection rate is not satisfied. Therefore, it is required to develop a rapid detection technology for infectious diseases. Raman spectroscopy shows great potential in the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases because it is a non-marker and non-invasive detection technique, without complicated sample pretreatment, and can give the detection result in a short time. This article reviewed the advances of Raman spectroscopy in the rapid diagnosis of bacteria, viruses, fungi, mycoplasma, chlamydia, spirochetes and rickettsia infections.