conclusions the results of the present study showed that in comparison with previously published primer sets, p. aeruginosa infection can be diagnosed with higher sensitivity and specificity by the conventional pcr assay using the newly designed primers. it was also shown that the results of the pcr assay on clinical samples of severe infections became positive much earlier than the results of ...

Multiplex PCR can be used to simultaneously screen for pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of E. coli using strain-specific primer pairs. By using at least two strain-specific primer pairs for each organism, and replicate sample reactions, it is possible to reliably detect the presence of >10 genome equivalents. In this example, two food samples were analyzed for the presence of a specific pat...

In order to provide feasible primer sets for performing a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) experiment, many primer design methods have been proposed. However, the majority of these methods require a long time to obtain an optimal solution since large quantities of template DNA need to be analyzed, and the designed primer sets usually do not provide a specific PCR product size. In recent years, p...

We have developed a new package of computer programs and algorithms for different PCR applications, including allele-specific PCR, multiplex PCR, and long PCR. The package is included in the upcoming VectorNTI suite software and attempts to incorporate most of the current knowledge about PCR primer design. A wide range of primer characteristics is available for user manipulation to provide impr...

While the amount of molecular data that can be routinely generated continues to increase, advances in the methods of analysis to handle this quantity of data have not kept pace. One area of research which could greatly benefit from new approaches is the design of specific probes and PCR primers. Here we generated spanning networks (1) for phytopathogenic Pseudomonas strains from seven species, ...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) is perceived to harbor significant morbidity but limited excess mortality, thought to be driven by colon cancer, compared with the general population. Recent studies suggest mortality rates seem higher than previously understood, and there are emerging threats to mortality. Clinicians must be...