Publication details
Molecular Detection and Identification of Zygomycetes Species from Paraffin-Embedded Tissues in a Murine Model of Disseminated Zygomycosis: a Collaborative European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Fungal Infection Study
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
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| Field | Genetics and molecular biology |
| Keywords | zygomycetes; PCR |
| Description | The present study was performed to assess the interlaboratory reproducibility of the molecular detection and identification of species of Zygomycetes from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded kidney and brain tissues obtained from experimentally infected mice. Animals were infected with one of five species (Rhizopus oryzae, Rhizopus microsporus, Lichtheimia corymbifera, Rhizomucor pusillus, and Mucor circinelloides). Samples with 1, 10, or 30 slide cuts of the tissues were prepared from each paraffin block, the sample identities were blinded for analysis, and the samples were mailed to each of seven laboratories for the assessment of sensitivity. With the protocol used in the present study, the interlaboratory reproducibility of ITS sequencing for the identification of major Zygomycetes species from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues can reach 100%, when enough material is available. |