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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology1996

Detection and identification of Mycobacterium avium in the blood of AIDS patients by the polymerase chain reaction.

M A De Francesco, D Colombrita, G Pinsi, F Gargiulo, S Caligaris, D Bertelli, F Martinelli, J Gao, A Turano

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 1996. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M A De FrancescoInstitute of Microbiology, University of Brescia, Italy.
D Colombrita
G Pinsi
F Gargiulo
S Caligaris
D Bertelli
F Martinelli
J Gao
A Turano
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia · ITUniversity of Brescia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One hundred fifty-three blood samples from patients positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to detect the presence of Mycobacterium avium. Samples were collected from patients who also had blood cultures performed by a radiometric method. Blood samples were centrifuged on a Ficoll-Hypaque gradient to purify peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The purified cells were washed and incubated with a resin, boiled to release mycobacterial DNA, and then amplified. Polymerase chain reaction products were detected by a nonisotopic method. A 123 base-pair (bp) insertion sequence, namely IS6110, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex was also included in the reaction as an internal control of Taq polymerase activity to exclude the presence of enzyme inhibitors. This IS6110 fragment can be distinguished from the 383 bp target product on ethidium bromide-stained agarose gel and may also be used in a colorimetric assay. Such results were compared with the results of culture and indicated that the assay is as sensitive as bacteriological methods, though faster.

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Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeCross ReactionsHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMycobacterium aviumMycobacterium avium ComplexMycobacterium avium-intracellulare InfectionPolymerase Chain Reaction

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PMID8874071
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