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Identification of Balamuthia mandrillaris by PCR assay using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene as a target.

Gregory C Booton¹, Jennifer R Carmichael, Govinda S Visvesvara, Thomas J Byers, Paul A Fuerst.

Abstract

Balamuthia mandrillaris is an opportunistic pathogen that causes granulomatous amebic meningoencephalitis in animals, including humans. Based on sequence analysis of mitochondrial small-subunit-rRNA genes, we developed primers that amplify a Balamuthia-specific PCR product. These primers will be useful for retrospective analyses of fixed tissues and possible identification of Balamuthia in vivo.

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Year: 2003 PMID： 12517892 PMCID： PMC149639 DOI： 10.1128/JCM.41.1.453-455.2003

Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN： 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948

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