In Situ hybridization for coccidioides immitis 5.8S Ribosomal RNA sequences in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded pulmonary specimens using a locked nucleic acid probe: A rapid means for identification in tissue sections

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Montone, Kathleen T ^a   Litzky, Leslie A ^b   Feldman, Michael D ^b   Peterman, Heather ^b   Mathis, Benjamin ^b   Baliff, Jeffrey ^b   Kaiser, Larry R ^b   Kucharczuk, John ^b   Nachamkin, Irving ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coccidioides immitis; In situ hybridization; LNA; rRNA

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; DNA; LOCKED NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PARAFFIN; RNA 5.8S;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PROBE; EUMYCOTA; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; COCCIDIOIDES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953149220     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PDM.0b013e3181b3aa55     Document Type: Article

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