scholarly journals Value ofCandida polymerase chain reaction and vaginal cytokine analysis for the differential diagnosis of women with recurrent vulvovaginitis

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Weissenbacher ◽  
Steven S. Witkin ◽  
Vera Tolbert ◽  
Paulo Giraldo ◽  
Iara Linhares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Cytokine Analysis ◽  
Polymerase Chain

scholarly journals Value of Candida Polymerase Chain Reaction and Vaginal Cytokine Analysis for the Differential Diagnosis of Women with Recurrent Vulvovaginitis

2000 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Weissenbacher ◽  
Steven S. Witkin ◽  
Vera Tolbert ◽  
Paulo Giraldo ◽  
Iara Linhares ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Cytokine Analysis ◽  
Polymerase Chain

Polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of parotid gland tuberculosis

1998 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enis Alpin Güneri ◽  
Ahmet Ömer İkiz ◽  
Nese Atabey ◽  
Özlem İzci ◽  
Semih Sütay
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Parotid Gland ◽  
Mycobacterial Infection ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Causative Organism ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
First Case ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
High Degree

AbstractA parotid gland mass with presenting features of malignancy is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The histological nature of the lesion must be clearly determined before proceeding with facial nerve sacrificing surgery. Although rare, tuberculosis of the parotid gland must be included in the differential diagnosis of a parotid gland mass especially when the social characteristics of the patient suggests a mycobacterial infection. Primary tuberculosis of the parotid gland is generally encountered among populations with a high incidence of pulmonary disease. The difficulty in the differential diagnosis of a parotid gland malignancy may be helped by a high degree of clinical suspicion, since laboratory tests generally do not identify the specific causative organism. This article reports the first case of parotid gland tuberculosis with clinical and radiodiagnostical features simulating malignancy in which the diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

scholarly journals Nonsuppurative Meningoencephalitis Associated with Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus Infection in Ranch Mink

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. W. Dyer ◽  
B. Ching ◽  
M. E. Bloom
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Viral Genome ◽  
Brain Lesions ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Mesenteric Lymph ◽  
Neurologic Disorders ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Ranch Mink

Severe nonsuppurative meningoencephalitis associated with Aleutian mink disease parvovirus (ADV) infection was observed in adult ranch mink. Brain lesions included severe, locally extensive to coalescing lymphoplasmacytic meningoencephalitis with accompanying gliosis, satellitosis, and mild extension of inflammation into the leptomeninges. ADV was identified in mesenteric lymph node, spleen, brain, and liver of affected mink by polymerase chain reaction techniques. Sequences of the ADV isolate (TH5) revealed 2 unique residues in the region of the viral genome that determines pathogenicity. These findings suggest that certain strains of ADV may preferentially cause disease in the nervous system. ADV infection should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic disorders in mink.

scholarly journals Ocular Tuberculosis with Progressive Unilateral Corneal Melting

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Betül N. Bayraktutar ◽  
Ömür Uçakhan-Gündüz
Keyword(s):  
Polymerase Chain Reaction ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Biopsy Sample ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Biopsy Material ◽  
Ocular Tuberculosis ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Corneal Melting ◽  
Peripheral Cornea

Objectives: In this case report, we present a patient with ocular tuberculosis presenting with progressive unilateral corneal melting. Patient: A 47-year-old female was admitted with melting at the inferior half of the peripheral cornea and inferior subconjunctival nodules. Biopsy material of the nodules was negative for tuberculosis bacillus. However, polymerase chain reaction of the biopsy sample revealed the DNA of the bacillus, and the diagnosis was confirmed. Conclusion: In endemic areas, ocular tuberculosis should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients with chronic and atypical corneal involvement.

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