PCR-detectable DNA exists a short period in the blood of systemic candidiasis murine model.
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Open life sciences
Published Date:
Sep 6, 2020
Abstract
Invasive candidiasis is a major challenge to clinical medicine today. However, traditional fungal diagnostic techniques and empirical treatments have shown great limitations. Although efforts are necessarily needed in methodology standardization and multicenter validation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a very promising assay in detecting fungal pathogens. Using a "heat-shock" DNA preparation method, a rapid and simple PCR protocol for quantification of the () ribosomal DNA was established. The PCR assay could detect DNA as low as 10 CFU/mL in samples prepared by the heat-shock protocol, without any cross-reaction with DNA prepared from other spp. and bacterial pathogens. For simulated blood samples, the PCR test sensitivity of whole blood samples was better than that of plasma and blood cells. In the systemic candidiasis murine model, detectable DNA was only observed within 24 h after SC5314 injection, which is much shorter than that observed in the kidney.
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