Background and Aims: Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes an acute, highly contagious respiratory and kidney disease of chickens which results in significant economic losses in commercial broilers, layers and breeders. Rapid identification of IBV serotypes involved in respiratory complex is a problem in the differential diagnosis. Materials and Methods: In this study, a single and mul...

Genus Brachyspira,as Gram negative anaerobic bacteria, colonize in dogs intestine. The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of Brachyspira spp. for the first time in Iran and rapid identification of Brachyspira spp. in dogs by a new designment of a species-specific primer set for B. canis. One hundred fifty-one fecal samples were obtained ...

background and objectives: the significant rise in food borne infections is mainly caused by campylobacter spp., salmonella serovars and verotoxigenic escherichia coli . as the emerging food borne pathogens cause disease, more studies have been conducted for rapid detection of these pathogens. the combination of immunomagnetic separation and polymerase chain reaction (ims-pcr) is the most accur...

the present study is designed to evaluate the application of a simple method for rapid identification of malassezia furfur among other malassezia spp. based on production of a brownish-red pigment and its diffusion into the medium containing l-tryptophan as a sigle source of nitrogen.  91 strains of malassezia (20% m. furfur , 2% m. sympodialis , 5% m. obtosa and 73% m. globosa ) isolated from ...

in a clinical trial a new pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide (pyr) hydrolysis test was compared with the bacitracin disk susceptibility test for accuracy in the presumptive identification of group a streptococci (gas). among 128 isolates of beta-hemolytic streptococci 93 group a isolates were found. the sensitivity of the pyr and bacitracin tests were similar (98.9%), but the bacitracin test had a lo...

background: neisseria meninigitidis is one of the most frequently encountered microorganisms associated with central nervous system infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate a pcr-based assay for specific and rapid detection of n. meninigitidis in csf specimens.   methods : since april 2002 to july 2006, 130 csf specimens were collected from patients suspected of having bacterial mening...

case presentation a 28-year old chinese female was treated with carbimazole (cmz) for graves’ disease with hyperthyroidism. two weeks later, she developed myalgia and proximal muscle weakness. investigations showed evidence of myopathy. cmz was stopped and rapid improvement of clinical condition and biochemical parameters ensued. conclusions rapid decrement of thyroid hormone level is recognize...

A rapid and simple method has been developed for the screening and identification of natural antioxidants from the leaves of Acer ginnala Maxim.( AG). The process is that upon reaction with 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), the white yellow spots of compounds with potential antioxidant effects will be significantly observed on the thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and possible structures wil...

UNLABELLED Rapid identification of mosquito (vector) species is critical for vector control and disease management. Pictorial keys of mosquito species are currently used for the identification of new mosquito species. However, this approach is not very effective. Here, we describe the use of an ID3 algorithm (part of artificial intelligence) for the rapid identification of the South East Asian ...

A rapid and simple method has been developed for the screening and identification of natural antioxidants from the leaves of Acer ginnala Maxim.( AG). The process is that upon reaction with 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), the white yellow spots of compounds with potential antioxidant effects will be significantly observed on the thin-layer chromatography (TLC), and possible structures wil...