title: Development of a PCR-based method for diagnosing Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.
abstract: The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect clinical samples of Mycoplasma pneumoniae. A 245-bp region of the cytoadhesin P1 gene was shown to be specifically amplified in Myc. pneumoniae, but not in other species of Mollicutes. Picogram amounts of Myc. pneumoniae. DNA could be detected per ml blood serum by use of a simple and reliable protocol for sample preparation and a PCR reaction involving two rounds of amplification. Application of the PCR-based method for the detection of Myc. pneumoniae in serum samples and throat swabs from patients with atypical pneumonia showed that it could be used in clinical diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of L-form and Mycoplasmas, Gamaleya Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Zigangirova
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Popova
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Solovjeva
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Gintzburg
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Prozorovsky
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C035471:adhesin, Mycoplasma pneumoniae