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Novel approach to designing primers for identification and distinction of the human pathogenic fungi Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii by PCR amplification.

Takashi Umeyama1, Ayako Sano, Katsuhiko Kamei, Masakazu Niimi, Kazuko Nishimura, Yoshimasa Uehara.   

Abstract

We developed a pair of primers that specifically identifies Coccidioides species, etiologic agents of the human fungal disease coccidioidomycosis. These primers could be used for distinguishing Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii by simply comparing the amplicon sizes on an agarose gel.

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Year:  2006        PMID: 16672423      PMCID: PMC1479168          DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.5.1859-1862.2006

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


  11 in total

1.  Amplification of coccidioidal DNA in clinical specimens by PCR.

Authors:  Suzanne M Johnson; Keira A Simmons; Demosthenes Pappagianis
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2004-05       Impact factor: 5.948

2.  Amplification of coccidioidal DNA in clinical specimens by PCR.

Authors:  Ralf Bialek
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2005-03       Impact factor: 5.948

3.  Rapid identification of dimorphic and yeast-like fungal pathogens using specific DNA probes.

Authors:  M D Lindsley; S F Hurst; N J Iqbal; C J Morrison
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2001-10       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Reexamination of Coccidioides spp. reserved in the Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, based on a multiple gene analysis.

Authors:  Ayako Sano; Makoto Miyaji; Katsuhiko Kamei; Yuzuru Mikami; Kazuko Nishimura
Journal:  Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi       Date:  2006

5.  Molecular and phenotypic description of Coccidioides posadasii sp. nov., previously recognized as the non-California population of Coccidioides immitis.

Authors:  M C Fisher; G L Koenig; T J White; J W Taylor
Journal:  Mycologia       Date:  2002 Jan-Feb       Impact factor: 2.696

6.  Protection of mice against Coccidioides immitis intranasal infection by vaccination with recombinant antigen 2/PRA.

Authors:  Lisa Shubitz; Tao Peng; Robert Perrill; Julie Simons; Kris Orsborn; John N Galgiani
Journal:  Infect Immun       Date:  2002-06       Impact factor: 3.441

7.  Biogeographic range expansion into South America by Coccidioides immitis mirrors New World patterns of human migration.

Authors:  M C Fisher; G L Koenig; T J White; G San-Blas; R Negroni; I G Alvarez; B Wanke; J W Taylor
Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2001-04-03       Impact factor: 11.205

8.  PCR assays for identification of Coccidioides posadasii based on the nucleotide sequence of the antigen 2/proline-rich antigen.

Authors:  Ralf Bialek; Jan Kern; Tanja Herrmann; Rolando Tijerina; Luis Ceceñas; Udo Reischl; Gloria M González
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2004-02       Impact factor: 5.948

9.  Molecular probes for diagnosis of fungal infections.

Authors:  G S Sandhu; B C Kline; L Stockman; G D Roberts
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1995-11       Impact factor: 5.948

10.  Positive directional selection in the proline-rich antigen (PRA) gene among the human pathogenic fungi Coccidioides immitis, C. posadasii and their closest relatives.

Authors:  Hanna Johannesson; Pilar Vidal; Josep Guarro; Roger A Herr; Garry T Cole; John W Taylor
Journal:  Mol Biol Evol       Date:  2004-03-19       Impact factor: 16.240

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1.  The utility of Coccidioides polymerase chain reaction testing in the clinical setting.

Authors:  Darko Vucicevic; Janis E Blair; Matthew J Binnicker; Ann E McCullough; Shimon Kusne; Holenarasipur R Vikram; James M Parish; Nancy L Wengenack
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2010-06-10       Impact factor: 2.574

2.  The Powers and Perils of PCR in the Search for the Natural Reservoirs of Coccidioides Species.

Authors:  Zhirong Li; Vishnu Chaturvedi
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2017-06       Impact factor: 2.574

3.  Identification of endogenous Coccidioides posadasii contamination of commercial primary rhesus monkey kidney cells.

Authors:  Christine C Ginocchio; Madhavi Lotlikar; Xiaojiang Li; Hoda H Elsayed; Yu Teng; Pamela Dougherty; Daniel J Kuhles; Sudha Chaturvedi; Kirsten St George
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2013-01-30       Impact factor: 5.948

4.  Detection of Coccidioides species in clinical specimens by real-time PCR.

Authors:  M J Binnicker; S P Buckwalter; J J Eisberner; R A Stewart; A E McCullough; S L Wohlfiel; N L Wengenack
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2006-11-15       Impact factor: 5.948

5.  Effect of farnesol on growth, ergosterol biosynthesis, and cell permeability in Coccidioides posadasii.

Authors:  Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante; Rita Amanda Chaves de Lima; Erica Pacheco Caetano; João Jaime Giffoni Leite; Débora de Souza Collares Maia Castelo-Branco; Joyce Fonteles Ribeiro; Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes Bandeira; Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro; André Jalles Monteiro; José Júlio Costa Sidrim; Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha
Journal:  Antimicrob Agents Chemother       Date:  2013-03-04       Impact factor: 5.191

6.  Antigens of Coccidioides posadasii as an important tool for the immunodiagnosis of coccidioidomycosis.

Authors:  Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro; Kharla Rabelo Nobre Patoilo; Silviane Bandeira Praciano; Delia Jessica Astete Medrano; Francisca Jakelyne de Farias Marques; Liline Maria Soares Martins; Kelsen Dantas Eulalio; Antônio de Deus Filho; Maria do Amparo Salmito Cavalvanti; Maria Auxiliadora Bezerra Fechine; Raimunda Samia Nogueira Brilhante; Zoilo Pires de Camargo; Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha; José Júlio Costa Sidrim
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2012-12-14       Impact factor: 2.574

7.  Molecular identification of Coccidioides spp. in soil samples from Brazil.

Authors:  Regina C L de Macêdo; Alexandre S Rosado; Fabio F da Mota; Maria A S Cavalcante; Kelsen D Eulálio; Antônio D Filho; Liline M S Martins; Márcia S Lazéra; Bodo Wanke
Journal:  BMC Microbiol       Date:  2011-05-16       Impact factor: 3.605

8.  Coccidioides posadasii infection in bats, Brazil.

Authors:  Rossana de Aguiar Cordeiro; Kylvia Rocha de Castro e Silva; Raimunda Sâmia Nogueira Brilhante; Francisco Bergson Pinheiro Moura; Naylê Francelino Holanda Duarte; Francisca Jakelyne de Farias Marques; Rebecca de Aguiar Cordeiro; Renato Evando Moreira Filho; Roberto Wagner Bezerra de Araújo; Tereza de Jesus Pinheiro Gomes Bandeira; Marcos Fábio Gadelha Rocha; José Júlio Costa Sidrim
Journal:  Emerg Infect Dis       Date:  2012-04       Impact factor: 6.883

9.  Coccidioidomycosis in Biopsies with Presumptive Diagnosis of Malignancy in Dogs: Report of Three Cases and Comparative Discussion of Published Reports.

Authors:  Rafael Ramírez-Romero; Rolando Antonio Silva-Pérez; Jorge Lara-Arias; Cecilia Ramírez-Hernández; Iván Alberto Marino-Martínez; Álvaro Barbosa-Quintana; Alfonso López-Mayagoitia
Journal:  Mycopathologia       Date:  2015-09-29       Impact factor: 2.574

10.  Facial rash in a renal transplant patient.

Authors:  Emmanuel Okon; David Seung L Kim
Journal:  IDCases       Date:  2017-06-26
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