PCR detection of the Cryptococcus neoformans CAPS9 gene from a biopsy specimen from a case of feline cryptococcosis.
A polymerase chain reaction assay was developed to detect Cryptococcus neoformans in biopsy samples. The assay detects the CAP59 gene of Cryptococcus neoformans and was used to substantiate cutaneous cryptococcosis in a 5-year-old cat submitted to the Veterinary Medicine Center at the University of Tokyo.
Kano
R
R
Department of Pathobiology, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan.
Fujino
Y
Y
Takamoto
N
N
Tsujimoto
H
H
Hasegawa
A
A
D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary
D001798:Blood Proteins