A search for Pneumocystis carinii in post-mortem lungs by DNA amplification

J Pathol. 1992 Feb;166(2):195-8. doi: 10.1002/path.1711660217.

Abstract

DNA amplification of specific sequences and subsequent oligonucleotide hybridization were used to search for Pneumocystis carinii in post-mortem lung samplings from non-immunosuppressed individuals ranging from 15 to 70 years of age. No P. carinii-specific DNA was detected in 45 DNA amplification reactions from 15 lungs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Ethidium
  • Humans
  • Lung / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Oligonucleotide Probes
  • Pneumocystis / genetics
  • Pneumocystis / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Staining and Labeling

Substances

  • Oligonucleotide Probes
  • Ethidium