QUANTITATIVE RAPID IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY I

Rapid immunofluorescence microscopy for diagnosis of melioidosis.

An immunofluorescent (IF) method that detects Burkholderia pseudomallei in clinical specimens within 10 min was devised. The results of this rapid method and those of an existing IF method were prospectively compared with the culture results for 776 specimens from patients with suspected melioidosis. The sensitivities of both IF tests were 66%, and the specificities were 99.5 and 99.4%, respect...

Immunofluorescence microscopy for the rapid diagnosis of melioidosis.

A direct immunofluorescent antibody test (DIF) was developed for the rapid diagnosis of melioidosis, a potentially fatal infection caused by Pseudomonas pseudomallei. In a clinical evaluation of 369 sputum, pus, or urine specimens from 272 patients with suspected melioidosis, the DIF had a sensitivity of 73% and a specificity of 99% compared with culture. Using this DIF, a confident diagnosis o...

A rapid FISH technique for quantitative microscopy.

Results of quantitative microscopy for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) signals with repetitive DNA probes (pUC 1.77 and D15Z1) are reported. A nonenzymatic hybridization technique was applied using fluorescein-12-dUTP labeled DNA probes and a buffer system not containing any formamide or equivalent chemical denaturing agents. Following thermal denaturation, the renaturation time was r...

Rapid quantitative phase imaging for partially coherent light microscopy.

Partially coherent light provides promising advantages for imaging applications. In contrast to its completely coherent counterpart, it prevents image degradation due to speckle noise and decreases cross-talk among the imaged objects. These facts make attractive the partially coherent illumination for accurate quantitative imaging in microscopy. In this work, we present a non-interferometric te...

Small quartz halogen lamps for immunofluorescence microscopy.