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Microtitration plate enzyme immunoassay to detect PCR-amplified DNA from Candida species in blood.


ABSTRACT: We developed a microtitration plate enzyme immunoassay to detect PCR-amplified DNA from Candida species. Nucleotide sequences derived from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of fungal rDNA were used to develop species-specific oligonucleotide probes for Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, and C. krusei. No cross-hybridization was detected with any other fungal, bacterial, or human DNAs tested. In contrast, a C. (Torulopsis) glabrata probe cross-reacted with Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA but with no other DNAs tested. Genomic DNA purified from C. albicans blastoconidia suspended in blood was amplified by PCR with fungus-specific universal primers ITS3 and ITS4. With the C. albicans-specific probe labeled with digoxigenin, a biotinylated capture probe, and streptavidin-coated microtitration plates, amplified DNA from a few as two C. albicans cells per 0.2 ml of blood could be detected by enzyme immunoassay.

SUBMITTER: Fujita S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC228076 | biostudies-other | 1995 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Microtitration plate enzyme immunoassay to detect PCR-amplified DNA from Candida species in blood.

Fujita S S   Lasker B A BA   Lott T J TJ   Reiss E E   Morrison C J CJ  

Journal of clinical microbiology 19950401 4


We developed a microtitration plate enzyme immunoassay to detect PCR-amplified DNA from Candida species. Nucleotide sequences derived from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of fungal rDNA were used to develop species-specific oligonucleotide probes for Candida albicans, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis, and C. krusei. No cross-hybridization was detected with any other fungal, bacterial, or human DNAs tested. In contrast, a C. (Torulopsis) glabrata probe cross-reacted with Saccharomyces  ...[more]

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