The role of stage-specific oligonucleotide primers in providing effective laboratory support for the molecular diagnosis of reactivated Toxoplasma gondii encephalitis in patients with AIDS - CONTINI, CARLO; CULTRERA, ROSARIO; SERACENI, SILVA; SEGALA, DANIELA; ROMANI, ROBERTO; FAINARDI, ENRICO; CINQUE, PAOLA; LAZZARIN, ADRIANO; DELIA, SALVATORE (Journal of medical microbiology, 2002)
Keywords: Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - parasitology; Animals; Antigens, Protozoan; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; DNA Glycosylases; DNA Primers - genetics; DNA, Protozoan - genetics; DNA, Protozoan - isolation & purification; Encephalitis - complications; Encephalitis - diagnosis; Encephalitis - parasitology; Female; Genes, Protozoan; Human protozoal diseases; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Membrane Glycoproteins - genetics; N-Glycosyl Hydrolases - genetics; Parasitic diseases; Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; Polymerase Chain Reaction - statistics & numerical data; Protozoal diseases; Protozoan Proteins - genetics; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; Sensitivity and Specificity; Toxoplasma - genetics; Toxoplasma - growth & development; Toxoplasma - isolation & purification; Toxoplasma - pathogenicity; Toxoplasmosis; Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral - complications; Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral - diagnosis; Toxoplasmosis, Cerebral - parasitology; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Human; Immunopathology; Protozoa; Encephalitis; Apicomplexa; Protozoal disease; Nervous system diseases; Nested polymerase chain reaction; AIDS; Parasitosis; Method; Immune deficiency; Cerebral disorder; Infection; Specificity; Toxoplasma gondii; Toxoplasmosis; Viral disease; Central nervous system disease; Developmental stage; Diagnosis