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Konnick, Eric Q.; Ashwood, Edward R.; Hillyard, David R. | Evaluation of the COBAS HBV TaqMan Analyte Specific Regent (ASR) Assay and Comparison to the COBAS Amplicor HBV Monitor Assay. | erformance characteristics of the COBAS HBV TaqMan ASR (TaqMan) assay were evaluated and compared to the COBAS Amplicor HBV Monitor test (Amplicor) assay for the quantification of HBV DNA in clinical samples. | Quantitative Tests; Linearity Studies | 2004-05-03 |
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Konnick, Eric Q.; Ashwood, Edward R.; Hillyard, David R. | Evaluation of the COBAS HBV TaqMan Analyte Specific Regent (ASR) and COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR Assays using the Vidiera NSP sample preparation instrument. | The Vidiera Nsp nucleic sample preparation instrument (Vidiera,Beckman-Coulter Inc., Fullerton CA) was evaluated using the COBAS HBV TaqMan Analyte Specific Reagent (ASR. Roche Molecular Diagnostics [RMD], Indianapolis, IN) and COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR (RMD) assays using clinical samples and HCV Armored... | Quantitative Tests; Linearity Studies | 2006-05-05 |
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Vaughn, Cecily P.; Crockett, David K.; Lim, Megan S.; Elenitoba-Johnson, Kojo S.J. | Analytical characteristics of ICAT-LC-MS/MS for quantitative proteomics studies | Recent studies have employed isotope-coded affinity tags (ICAT) in concert with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to assess differential expression of proteins on a proteomic scale and perform unbiased quantitative comparisons between samples from different physiological or disease states. We sought ... | isotope-coded affinity tags; ICAT; mass spectrometry; MS/MS; proteomic scale; FL | 2005-06-03 |
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Konnick, Eric Q.; Williams, Sheri M.; Ashwood, Edward R; Hillyard, David R | Performance characteristics of the COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR and Comparison to the COBAS Amplicor HCV Monitor, Version 2.0 and Versant HCV bDNA 3.0. | Evaluate the COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR assay using both the Qiagen BioRobot 9604 and a 1mL extraction protocol for HCV RNA isolation. And Compare the COBAS TaqMan HCV ASR assay to the COBAS Amplicor HCV Monitor, Version 2.0 and Versant HCV bDNA 3.0 assays. | Quantitative Tests; Linearity Studies | 2002-11-21 |
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Hymas, Weston C.; Stevenson, Jeffery B.; Taggart, Bill; Hillyard, David R. | Quantitative real time PCR assay for the detection of human herpes 6. | Human herpes virus type 6 is a beta virus that occurs as two variants (A & B) and infects nearly 100% of the population before two years of age. Primary infections in children can produce fever and a unique lacy rash that gives the disease its name: roseola. The rare primary infection in adults can ... | Probe Technology; Roseola Infantum | 2005-02-05 |
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Parker, Sam; Stevenson, Jeffery B.; Hillyard, David R. | Eclipse probe assay for the detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae. | Mycoplasma pneumoniae is an important human pathogen that causes community acquired pneumonias and upper respiratory tract infections. Traditional detection techniques, such as culture and serology, cannot rapidly aid in the diagnosis of an acute infection with adequate sensitivity and specificity. ... | Eclipse Hybridization Probe; Protocol; Techniques | 2005-09-11 |
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Jaskowski, Troy D.; Litwin, Christine M.; Hill, Harry R. | Laboratory diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) | Study to compare the results obtained by two separate reference libraries for serological assays utlilized in the diagnosis and differentiation of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and to assess the clinical utility of the outer-membrane porin C (OmpC) IgA assay in IBD. | IBD | 2005-06-17 |
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Hymas, Weston C.; Hillyard, David R. | Novel one step real time RT-PCR Assay for the detection of Enterovirus | nteroviruses (EV) are the leading cause of aseptic meningitis in pediatric and adult populations and can be associated with severe disease such as myocarditis, encephalitis, and paralytic poliomyelitis. RT-PCR has rapidly become the diagnostic methodology of choice due to its sensitivity and rapid t... | Viruses; Isolation; Purification | 2005-07-11 |
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Pounder, June I.; Simmon, Keith E.; Barton, Claudia A.; Hohmann, Sheri L. | Identification of nonsporulating molds by sequencing internal transcribed spacer regions with Virodec software and database | Fungal infections are increasing, particularly among immunocompromised hosts, and a rapid, accurate diagnosis is essential for the initiation of targeted antifungal therapy. Identification of fungi from culture requires the presence of reproductive structures, and the absence of spores can increase ... | nonsporulating molds; genetic sequencing; Virodec; ITS I; ITS II | 2006-01-09 |
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Konnick, Eric Q.; Williams, Sheri M.; Ashwood, Edward R.; Hillyard, David R. | Performance Characteristics of the COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR Using Armored RNA Calibrators | As improved therapies have become available for Hepatititis C Virus (HCV) infection, the use of assays to quantitate HCV RNA has increased dramatically (3, 14, 16). The initial use of these assays was to predict the likelihood of therapy based on baseline HCV RNA levels. These reports indicated that... | Roche Amplicor Monitor; NGI Superquant; patients | 2003-04-22 |
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Hymas, Weston C.; Hillyard, David R. | Real time RT-PCR assay for norovirus detection with eclipse probes and a non-competitive internal control. | Noroviruses are the major causative agents of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and are estimated to cause approximately 23 million cases in the United States annually. Real time RT-PCR is rapidly becoming the principle diagnostic means for norovirus detection due to its enhanced sensitivity an... | Gastroenteritis; Eclipse Hybridization Probes; Norovirus | 2005-05-03 |
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Aldous, Wade K.; Hymas, Weston C.; Stevenson, Jeffery B.; Taggart, Edward W.;Hillyard, David R. | Single tube real-time RT-PCR Assay for the detection of enterovirus | We developed a rapid and sensitive method for the routine detection of enterovirus in CSF and plasma using a one tube, one step, real-time PCR assay. A primer set and an Eclipse probe were designed to target the highly conserved 5' untranslated region of the enterovirus genome. This assay was compar... | MGB Eclipse; Viral RNA; Picornaviridae | 2004-09-11 |
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Konnick, Eric Q.; Ashwood, Edward R.; Hillyard, David R. | Evaluation of the Alliance HCV Quantitative Analyte Specific Reagent (ASR) Assay and Comparison to the COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR Assay. | To evaluate the Abbott/Celera Alliance HCV Quantitative ASR (Alliance) assay using the Qiagen BioRobot 9604 and QiaAmp Virus Kit for viral RNA isolation. And compare Alliance HCV TaqMan ASR to the Roche COBAS HCV TaqMan ASR (CTM) assay calibrated using Armored RNA solutions and WHO 2nd international... | Quantitative Tests; Linearity Studies | 2004-05-10 |
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Seipp, Michael; Williams, Jamie; Meadows, Cindy; Wittwer, Carl T. | Multiplex solution genotyping without probes of the factor V Leiden (G1691A), Prothrombin (G20210A), and MTHFR (C677T and A1298C) mutations in one tube by single color high-resolution melting analysis [abstract] | This abstract describes a study which concludes that genotyping by amplicon melting is a rapid, closed-tube method for genotyping without probes that can be multiplexed. The method was successfully applied to the four most common clotting factor mutations in a single tube. The simplicity of the meth... | Genotyping; Amplicon Melting | 2005-06-22 |
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Pounder, June I.; Voelkerding, Karl V.; Storts, D.; Anderson, Clint M. | Differentiation of species within mycobacterium tuberculosis complex by real-time PCR-based genomic deletion analysis | Differentiation of members within Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) is essential for patient management and infection control. MTC is comprised of M. tuberculosis (Mtb), M. bovis (Mb), M. bovis BCG (vaccine strain; Mbcg), M. africanum (Ma), and M. microti (Mm). Because MTC have highly similar... | MTC; species differentiation; Mycobacterium bovis BCG; Mycobacterium africanum; Mycobacterium microtic; PCR | 2006-01-09 |
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Owen, William E.; Martins, Thomas B.; Litwin, Christine M.; Roberts, William L. | Performance characteristics of six IMMULITE 2000 TORCH assays | TORCH is an acronym for Toxoplasma gondii (Toxo), other microorganisms (like syphilis), rubella (RV), cytomegalovirus (CMV), and herpesviruses (HSV) that are associated with congenital abnormalities during maternal infection. Prenatal testing for antibodies against these agents is one tool for preve... | TORCH; Toxoplasma gondii; syphilis virus; rubella; cytomegalovirus; herpesvirus; IMMULITE 2000; congenital abnormalities; laboratory testing | 2006-01-04 |
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Petti, Cathy A.; Polage, Christopher R. | Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid | Nucleic acid amplification testing is the preferred method to detect enteroviruses and Herpesviridae in cerebrospinal fluid, but clinicians still request viral culture. Review of 22,394 viral cultures of cerebrospinal fluid samples found that <0.1% recovered nonenterovirus, non-Herpesviridae species... | Enterovirus Infections; Herpesviridae Infections; Virus Cultivation | 2006-12-15 |
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Aldous, Jay A.; Engar, Richard C. | Do dentists prescribe narcotics excessively? | Dealing with pain is an inevitable sequela to dental treatment. Although several drug regimens primarily involving narcotics have been used in the past, availability of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has increased recently. A study was conducted to analyze dental prescribing patterns ... | Analgesics, Opioid; Anti-Inflammatory Agents; Dentist's Practice Patterns; Pain, Postoperative | 1996-07-01 |
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Kriesel, John D.; Baringer, J R; Spruance, Spotswood L. | Correlation between detection of herpes simplex virus in oral secretions by PCR and susceptibility to experimental UV radiation-induced herpes labialis. | We examined the oral secretions of 25 patients for herpes simplex virus (HSV) at the time of and following experimental UV radiation (UVR). HSV was detected in one or more oral secretion specimens in 5 of 12 (42%) cases by cell culture and in 8 of 12 (67%) cases by PCR. On the day of UVR, HSV was de... | Polymerase Chain Reaction; Ultraviolet Rays; Simplexvirus | 1994 |
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Owen, William E.; Roberts, William L. | Effects of hemoglobin (Hb) E and HbD traits on measurements of glycated Hb (HbA1c) by 23 methods. | Glycohemoglobin (GHB), reported as hemoglobin (Hb) A1c, is a marker of long-term glycemic control in patients with diabetes and is directly related to risk for diabetic complications. HbE and HbDare the second and fourth most common Hb variants worldwide. We investigated the accuracy of HbA1c measur... | Glycohemoglobin; GHB; Glycated Hb; Glycemic control | 2008 |
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Seipp, Michael; Williams, Jamie; Meadows, Cindy; Wittwer, Carl T. | Multiplex solution genotyping without probes of the factor V Leiden (G1691A), Prothrombin (G20210A), and MTHFR (C677T and A1298C) mutations in one tube by single color high-resolution melting analysis | This poster describes a study which concludes that genotyping by amplicon melting is a rapid, closed-tube method for genotyping without probes that can be multiplexed. The method was successfully applied to the four most common clotting factor mutations in a single tube. The simplicity of the method... | Genotyping; Amplicon Melting | 2005-06 |
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Hymas, Weston C.; Hillyard, David R. | Novel one step real time RT-PCR assay for the detection of Enterovirus, A | This poster describes the development of a novel real time assay that utilizes primers and an Eclipse probe in an overlapping format upstream of the Rotbart amplicon. | RT-PCR Assay | 2005-11-08 |
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Owen, William E.; Roberts, William L. | Effects of hemoglobin C and S traits on the results of 14 commercial glycated hemoglobin assays | Glycated hemoglobin is widely used in the management of diabetes mellitus. At least 300,000 Americans with diabetes mellitus have the hemoglobin (Hb) C or S trait. The accuracy of HbA1c methods can be adversely affected by the presence of these traits. We evaluated the effects of HbC and HbS traits ... | Glycated hemoglobin assays; Hemoglobin C trait; Hemoglobin S trait | 2008 |
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Cloud, Joann L.; Carroll, Karen C.; Cohen, Samuel; Anderson, Clint M.; Woods, Gail L. | Interpretive criteria for use of AccuProbe for identification of | Rapid identification of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) is possible by use of AccuProbe (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.). To evaluate the reliability of the MAC AccuProbe for testing 7H9 cultures inoculated with broth from MGIT cultures positive for acid-fast bacilli or growth on a s... | Bacteria; Typing; Mycobacterium avium complex; MAC | 2005-03-03 |
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Slev, Patricia R.; Rawlins, Mindy, L.; Roberts, William L. | Performance characteristics of seven automated CA 15-3 methods | Poster describing studies to evaluate seven automated methods for the following parameters: limit of detection, linearity, imprecision, reference intervals and method comparison with the ADVIA Centaur as the comparison method to detect CA 15-3. | CA 15-3 Method | 2005-07-13 |
