Detection of TT Virus DNA in Liver Biopsies by in Situ Hybridization

Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA by in situ hybridization in paraformaldehyde fixed biopsies.

Fourteen hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infected patients were submitted to routine liver biopsy for histological evaluation. Liver samples were assayed to HCV-RNA by in situ hybridization, using digoxigenin labeled probe. HCV genotypes were found to be predominantly type 1 (71.4%), followed by genotype 3 (21.4%), and genotype 2 (7.2%). Alanine-aminotransferase levels were raised in 10 pat...

Detection of bacterial DNA by in situ hybridization in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis

BACKGROUND Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is often difficult to diagnose because bacteria in ascites cannot be detected accurately by conventional culture. In situ hybridization (ISH) was previously developed for rapid detection of genes from bacteria phagocytized by neutrophils. SBP may develop after bacteria enter into the systemic circulation following bacterial translocation. There...

Rapid detection of herpes simplex virus DNA in human brain tissue by in situ hybridization.

A commercial system for detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV) DNA by in situ hybridization gave positive results on 16 of 17 stored human brain specimens that were positive for HSV on initial testing by virus isolation and immunofluorescence staining, and the hybridization system gave negative results on 13 brain specimens that showed no evidence of HSV by isolation or immunofluorescence stai...

3313 Evidence of corneal latency following herpes simplex virus DNA detection by in situ hybridization

w The human wrnea is a densely innervated struchxe. However, data on nerve fiber (NF) distribution in tbe human cornea are scarce possibly due to fast post mortem degeneration. Therefore, moat descriptions on comeal innervation are based on studies in rats and rabbits. Tbe present study is focussed on the ulaastruaure of NF’s in the central and peripheral human cornea. Methods: Tissue samples o...

Hepatitis B Virus DNA Detection by In Situ Hybridization in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma