Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a nested polymerase chain reaction

F. Higa; M. Koide; T. Shinzato; A. Nakamoto; T. Miyara; M. Gaja; M. Tateyama; I. Owan; N. Kusano; K. Kitsukawa

doi:10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.1084

Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a nested polymerase chain reaction

F. Higa, M. Koide, T. Shinzato, A. Nakamoto, T. Miyara, M. Gaja, M. Tateyama, I. Owan, N. Kusano, K. Kitsukawa

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We evaluated the usefulness of a Nested PCR method for detecting Legionella pneumophila. This method resulted in L. pneumophila specific detection as far as we evaluated. The first and second step PCR achieved the sensitivity as small as 10 pg and 10 fg of the target DNA, respectively. In the detection from Legionella seeded sputa, the method could detect 0.1 cfu/ml of the bacteria, and it took about 12 hours to detect the target DNA. We demonstrated that the Nested PCR method was superior in sensitivity and rapidity for isolation of the bacteria to the conventional using low pH treatment and selective media for Legionella.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1084-1089
Number of pages	6
Journal	Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Volume	66
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.1084
Publication status	Published - Aug 1992
Externally published	Yes

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Higa, F., Koide, M., Shinzato, T., Nakamoto, A., Miyara, T., Gaja, M., Tateyama, M., Owan, I., Kusano, N., & Kitsukawa, K. (1992). Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a nested polymerase chain reaction. Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, 66(8), 1084-1089. https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.1084

Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a nested polymerase chain reaction. / Higa, F.; Koide, M.; Shinzato, T.; Nakamoto, A.; Miyara, T.; Gaja, M.; Tateyama, M.; Owan, I.; Kusano, N.; Kitsukawa, K.

In: Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Vol. 66, No. 8, 08.1992, p. 1084-1089.

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Higa, F, Koide, M, Shinzato, T, Nakamoto, A, Miyara, T, Gaja, M, Tateyama, M, Owan, I, Kusano, N & Kitsukawa, K 1992, 'Detection of Legionella pneumophila using a nested polymerase chain reaction', Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 1084-1089. https://doi.org/10.11150/kansenshogakuzasshi1970.66.1084

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