Detection and prevention of mycoplasma hominis infection

Patent · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:870792

DelVecchio, Vito G ^[1]; Gallia, Gary L ^[2]; McCleskey, Ferne K ^[3]

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1. Scranton, PA
2. Philadelphia, PA
3. San Antonio, TX

The present invention is directed to a rapid and sensitive method for detecting Mycoplasma hominis using M. hominis-specific probes, oligonucleotides or antibodies. In particular a target sequence can be amplified by in vitro nucleic acid amplification techniques, detected by nucleic acid hybridization using the subject probes and oligonucleotides or detected by immunoassay using M. hominis-specific antibodies. M. hominis-specific nucleic acids which do not recognize or hybridize to genomic nucleic acid of other Mycoplasma species are also provided.

• Research Organization: United States Air Force
• Assignee: University of Scranton (Scranton, PA); Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. (Tucson, AZ)
• Patent Number(s): US 5595871
• Application Number: 08/112,816
• OSTI ID: 870792
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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