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Quantitation of pulmonary fungal burden in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis-infected mice by real-time PCR.

ABSTRACT: Although colony-forming unit (CFU) counting is widely used to quantify fungal load in tissue from animal experimentally infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, several technical disadvantages have been described. Here we developed highly accurate quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays to determine the relative P brasiliensis load in lungs from infected mice. SYBR Green- and TaqMan-based assays using primers and probe for the 43-kDa glycoprotein (gp43) gene detected as little as 270 gene copies (about 2 fg of DNA) per reaction. Although qPCR assays cannot distinguish between living and dead yeasts, we found a highly positive linear correlation between CFU and qPCR.

SUBMITTER: Costa MV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300791 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantitation of pulmonary fungal burden in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis-infected mice by real-time PCR.

Costa Marcelo Vieira MV Landgraf Taise Natali TN Corrêa Priscila C PC Souza Igor Emiliano Lemos IEL Fernandes Fabrício Freitas FF Panunto-Castelo Ademilson A

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo 20181220

Although colony-forming unit (CFU) counting is widely used to quantify fungal load in tissue from animal experimentally infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, several technical disadvantages have been described. Here we developed highly accurate quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays to determine the relative P brasiliensis load in lungs from infected mice. SYBR Green- and TaqMan-based assays using primers and probe for the 43-kDa glycoprotein (gp43) gene detected as little as 270 gene copies (abo ...[more]

PMID: 30570075

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Quantitation of pulmonary fungal burden in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis-infected mice by real-time PCR.

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Quantitation of pulmonary fungal burden in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis-infected mice by real-time PCR.

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