1.
J Clin Lab Anal
; 23(4): 206-9, 2009.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19623657
ABSTRACT
In 2008, 50 samples (BAL), coming from hospital patients, with acute respiratory symptoms have been investigated using two real-time PCR methods: one assay for the single detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae DNA and one commercially available real-time duplex PCR assay for the detection of C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae DNA. Both techniques used here showed compliant results, with 100% concordance for detection of C. pneumoniae and 98% for detection of M. pneumoniae. The positive results obtained agreed with the clinical suspicion of such infections in some cases and with the presence of IgM specific for C. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae in all cases of acute infection.
Subject(s)
Chlamydophila pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/isolation & purification , Pneumonia, Bacterial/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/diagnosis , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Serologic Tests/methods , Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/microbiology , Chlamydophila pneumoniae/genetics , Chlamydophila pneumoniae/immunology , Community-Acquired Infections/blood , Community-Acquired Infections/diagnosis , Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , Humans , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/genetics , Mycoplasma pneumoniae/immunology , Pneumonia, Bacterial/blood , Pneumonia, Bacterial/microbiology , Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/blood , Pneumonia, Mycoplasma/microbiology , Reproducibility of Results
2.
Vet Rec
; 164(6): 173-4, 2009 Feb 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19202171
Subject(s)
Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Chlamydia Infections/veterinary , Chlamydia/immunology , Fluorescent Antibody Technique/veterinary , Neutralization Tests/veterinary , Swine Diseases/immunology , Abortion, Veterinary/microbiology , Animals , Chlamydia/isolation & purification , Chlamydia Infections/immunology , Conjunctivitis, Bacterial/veterinary , Humans , Italy , Swine , Swine Diseases/microbiology
3.
Experientia
; 30(2): 149-51, 1974 Feb 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4814589