Rapid Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba Keratitis From Corneal Scrapings Using Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Staining

1986 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 1318-1321 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Epstein ◽  
L. A. Wilson ◽  
G. S. Visvesvara ◽  
E. G. Plourde
Keyword(s):  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Acanthamoeba Keratitis ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Indirect Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Antibody Staining ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Staining

scholarly journals Detection ofCryptosporidium molnariOocysts from Fish by Fluorescent-Antibody Staining Assays forCryptosporidiumspp. Affecting Humans

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 1878-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rona Barugahare ◽  
Michelle M. Dennis ◽  
Joy A. Becker ◽  
Jan Šlapeta
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Small Subunit ◽  
Rapid Diagnosis ◽  
Antibody Staining ◽  
Direct Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Murray Cod ◽  
Diagnosis Of Infection ◽  
Formalin Fixed ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Staining

ABSTRACTThree direct fluorescent-antibody staining assay kits for the detection of zoonoticCryptosporidiumspecies were used to detectCryptosporidium molnarifrom Murray cod, and the cryptosporidia were characterized by using small-subunit (SSU) ribosomal DNA (rDNA). To facilitate rapid diagnosis of infection, this study demonstrated that all three kits detected freshC. molnariand two kits detected formalin-fixed oocysts.

scholarly journals Quantitative immunohistochemistry: a comparison of microdensitometric analysis of unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase staining and of microfluorometric analysis of indirect fluorescent antibody staining for nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-cytochrome c (P-450) reductase in rat liver.

1983 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 1183-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
M T Smith ◽  
J A Redick ◽  
J Baron
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Immunohistochemical Staining ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Indirect Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Liver Lobule ◽  
Nadph Cytochrome ◽  
Antibody Staining ◽  
Unlabeled Antibody ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Staining

The intralobular distribution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-cytochrome c (P-450) reductase (NADPH:ferricytochrome oxidoreductase, EC 1.6.2.4) in rat liver has been investigated by means of two quantitative immunohistochemical techniques: microdensitometric quantitation of unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase staining and microfluorometric analysis of indirect fluorescent antibody staining. Utilizing sheep antiserum elicited against NADPH-cytochrome c (P-450) reductase that had been isolated and purified to apparent homogeneity from rat liver microsomes, the reductase was detected within hepatocytes throughout the liver. However, differences in the intensity of staining of hepatocytes within different regions of the liver lobule were readily apparent after completion of both immunohistochemical staining procedures. These visual findings were verified by microdensitometric and microfluorometric analyses of immunohistochemical staining, both of which revealed that approximately the same degree of staining for NADPH-cytochrome c (P-450) reductase was produced within the centrilobular and midzonal regions of the liver lobule, whereas periportal hepatocytes were stained with significantly less intensity. These results demonstrate that the application of either microdensitometry in conjunction with unlabeled antibody peroxidase-antiperoxidase staining or microfluorometry after indirect fluorescent antibody staining can be used to quantitatively determine the intratissue distributions of antigens.

scholarly journals EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION WITH MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE (EATON'S AGENT)

1965 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 1071-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan S. Dajani ◽  
Wallace A. Clyde ◽  
Floyd W. Denny
Keyword(s):  
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Indirect Fluorescent Antibody ◽  
Quantitative Culture ◽  
Culture Methods ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Antibody Staining ◽  
Colony Forming Units ◽  
Mycoplasma Pneumoniae Infection ◽  
Fluorescent Antibody Staining

The pathogenesis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was studied in the Syrian hamster with qualitative and quantitative culture methods and special histopathologic techniques. The animals were readily infected with the mycoplasma, which multiplied throughout the respiratory tract. Sensitivity of this experimental host to infection was indicated by the 50 per cent infective dose, which was 10 colony-forming units of the organism. Inoculation consistently resulted in the production of peribronchial pneumonitis which was induced by the mycoplasma. The organisms were visualized in a superficial location in the mucosa of involved bronchi, by means of indirect fluorescent antibody staining and by a modification of the Brown and Brenn technique. The data indicate applicability of the hamster to the study of problems concerned with M. pneumoniae disease which are impractical or impossible to resolve in the human host.

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