Molecular identification of a causative parasite species using formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissues of a complicated human pulmonary sparganosis case without decisive clinical diagnosis

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 460-464

  Koonmee, Supinda ^a   Intapan, Pewpan M ^a   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Sugiyama, Hiromu ^b   Muto, Maki ^b   Kuramochi, Toshiaki ^c   Kularbkeaw, Jurairat ^a   Kanpittaya, Jaturat ^a   Maleewong, Wanchai ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cox1; Molecular diagnosis; Paraffin section; PCR; Sparganosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANOSIS; SPIROMETRA; SPIROMETRA ERINACEIUROPAE; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOPSY; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MICROTOMY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM; THAILAND; TISSUE FIXATION;

SPIROMETRA; SPIROMETRA ERINACEIEUROPAEI;

EID: 82155167630     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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