Gold nanoprobe assay for the identification of mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex

• Published in: Clinical microbiology and infection Vol. 16; no. 9; pp. 1464 - 1469
• Main Authors: Costa, P., Amaro, A., Botelho, A., Inácio, J., Baptista, P.V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley-Blackwell; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Bacteriological Techniques - methods; Biological and medical sciences; Colorimetry; Colorimetry - methods; Differentiation; DNA Gyrase - genetics; DNA topoisomerase; Gold; Gold nanoprobes; Humans; Infectious diseases; Medical sciences; Metal Nanoparticles; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques - methods; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium bovis - classification; Mycobacterium bovis - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - classification; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Nucleic Acid Hybridization; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - diagnosis; Tuberculosis - microbiology; Mycobacterium bovis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; Gold nanoprobes; Infection; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Identification

Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) are causative agents of human and animal tuberculosis. This complex encompasses several phylogenetically related species, including M. tuberculosis, the main aetiological agent of human tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent...