title: Quick diagnosis of human brain meningitis using omp85 gene amplicon as a genetic marker.
abstract: The usual diagnosis of life-threatening human brain bacterial meningitis are expensive, time consuming or non-confirmatory. A quick PCR based diagnosis of meningitis in cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) using specific primers of virulent Omp85 gene of Neisseria meningitidis can detect as low as 1.0 ng of genomic DNA (G-DNA) in 80 min for confirmation of bacterial meningitis caused by N. meningitidis infection. The 257 bp amplicon of Omp85 gene does not show homology with other suspected pathogens in CSF and can be used as a specific genetic marker for diagnosis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi, 110007 India.
authors.forename: Sandip K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Dash
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, M. D. University, Rohtak, 124001 Haryana India.
authors.forename: Minakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Disease Control, Sham Nath Marg, Delhi, 110054 India.
authors.forename: Shashi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.affiliation: CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Mall Road, Delhi, 110007 India.
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
keywords: Genetic marker; Meningitis; N. meningitidis; Omp85 gene