New techniques have emerged for the detection of bacteria in blood, because the blood
culture as gold standard is slow and insufficiently sensitive when the patient has previously …

Genus Mycobacterium has 95 well characterized species1. Over the centuries two well
known mycbacterial species, namely, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and M. leprae have been …

Molecular methods are increasingly used to identify microbes in clinical samples. A common
technical problem with PCR is failed amplification due to the presence of PCR inhibitors …

In one aspect, described herein are field effect chemical sensor devices useful for chemical
and/or biochemical sensing. Also provided herein are methods for single molecule …

A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was initially developed to detect the presence
of mycoplasma genus DNA sequences in cell cultures and to differentiate between three …

Spoligoty** and exact tandem repeat (ETR) analysis of Mycobacterium bovis and M.
caprae isolated strains has been routinely carried out in Italy since 2000 to obtain a …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an emerging disease among wild animals in many parts of the
world. Wildlife reservoir hosts may thus represent a potential source of infection for livestock …

Early diagnosis and on-time effective treatment are indispensable for Tuberculosis (TB)
control-a life threatening infectious communicable disease. The conventional techniques for …

An unexpected high presence of Mycobacterium microti in wild boar in Northern Italy (Garda
Lake) has been reported since 2003, but the factors contributing to the maintenance of this …

The members of Mycobacterium avium species, comprising M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis, M. a. hominissuis, M. a. avium, M. a. silvaticum, are currently the most …