Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1997-07-02
1998-07-07
Horlick, Kenneth R.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
536 2432, 422 57, 422 61, 422104, C12Q 168, C07H 2104
Patent
active
057766940
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates, in general, to diagnostic kits for selectively detecting a prokaryotic microorganism and a eukaryotic microorganism in a sample wherein the cells of such microorganisms are lysed by combining the sample with a lysis solution and contacting the nucleic acid released from the microorganisms with selective nucleic acid probes through hybridization techniques. The present invention can be used for detecting microorganisms associated with vaginal disorders, e.g., Gardnerella vaginalis, Trichomonas vaginalis and Candida albicans. These kits may be used in a medical practitioner's private office or in a more structured clinical environment, such as a hospital, a commercial clinical microbiology laboratory or the like.
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Adams Trevor H.
Britschgi Theresa B.
Cangelosi Gerard A.
Dix Connie K.
Sheiness Diana K.
Becton Dickinson & Company
Highet, Esq. David W.
Horlick Kenneth R.
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