Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are severe adverse cutaneous reactions to drugs. We describe the case of a 19 year old patient with SJS/TEN overlap syndrome, who developed severe interstitial pneumonia after she had received antiepileptic drugs. A cytomegalovirus infection was diagnosed by Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) detection on Bronchoalveo...

AIM To examine the sensitivity and accuracy of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the quantification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA in semen. METHODS Hepatitis B viral DNA was isolated from HBV carriers' semen and sera using phenol extraction method and QIAamp DNA blood mini kit (Qiagen, Germany). HBV DNA was detected by conventional PCR and quantified by TaqMan technology-based re...

The purpose of this study was to develop a real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for the detection of the JAK2 V617F mutation that could be used in diagnostic laboratories. Sanger sequencing and a newly developed locked nucleic-acid, real-time PCR assay were used to detect the JAK2 V617F mutation. There was 100% agreement between the sequencing and PCR analysis. Both assays were able ...

conclusions multiplex sybr green real-time pcr is a rapid and relatively inexpensive method for detection of respiratory viruses. results application of the multiplex sybr green real-time pcr in clinical samples from 172 patients in a one-year study resulted in detection of 19 (11.04%) piv3, 9 (5.23%) piv4, and 1 (0.58%) coronavirus nl63. all the positive samples were detected during december t...

Plant diseases caused by numerous pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi are responsible for substantial economic losses in the agricultural industry worldwide. Specific, sensitive, efficient diagnostic tools have been developed worldwide to mitigate prevent pathogenic threat. The revolutionized from classical methods more advanced molecular approaches enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay ...

A minute of silence. Kary Banks Mullis has died (08/07/2019). was an American Biochemist and Doctor Chemistry who developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in 1985, considered one most important legacies history Humanity, along with description DNA (Watson, Crick Franklin) theory Relativity (Einstein). Currently, I consider anyone does not know PCR by to be illiterate, since it is a molecul...

Here we describe a quantitative PCR-based approach to estimating the relative abundances of major taxonomic groups of bacteria and fungi in soil. Primers were thoroughly tested for specificity, and the method was applied to three distinct soils. The technique provides a rapid and robust index of microbial community structure.