Multiplex PCR for diagnosis of AIDS-related central nervous system lymphoma and toxoplasmosis

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作者
Roberts, TC
Storch, GA
机构
[1] WASHINGTON UNIV,ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSP,SCH MED,DEPT PEDIAT,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
[2] WASHINGTON UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT MED,DIV INFECT DIS,ST LOUIS,MO 63110
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D O I
10.1128/JCM.35.1.268-269.1997
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Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A nested multiplex PCR assay was designed for the simultaneous detection of Epstein-Barr virus and Toxoplasma gondii DNA from the cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients. T. gondii DNA was detected in 8 of 8 patients with Toxoplasma encephalitis and in 0 of 6 patients without toxoplasmosis, and Epstein-Barr virus DNA was found in 9 of 14 patients with central nervous system lymphoma and in 2 of 38 patients without disease.
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