Diagnostic Bacteriology

Whole Genome Enrichment using RNA Probes and Sequencing of Chlamydia Trachomatis Directly from Clinical Samples.- Characterization of Sinus Microbiota by 16S Sequencing from Swabs.- Molecular Subtyping of Salmonella Typhimurium with Multiplex Oligonucleotide Ligation-PCR (MOL-PCR).- Detection of Helicobacter pylori DNA in Formalin-fixed Paraffin Embedded Gastric Biopsies using Laser Micro-dissection and qPCR.- Mycobacterial Load Assay.- Defining Diagnostic Biomarkers using Shotgun Proteomics and MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry.- Detection and Typing of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ spp. in Host DNA Extracts Using Oligonucleotide-Coupled Fluorescent Microspheres.- Detection of Helicobacter Pylori in the Gastric Mucosa by Fluorescence in vivo Hybridization.- Rapid Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing for Urinary Tract Infections.- Detection and Differentiation of Lyme Spirochetes and other Tick-borne Pathogens from Blood using real-time PCR with Molecular Beacons.- Methods for Real-time PCR-based Diagnosis of Chlamydia Pneumoniae, Chlamydia Psittaci and Chlamydia Abortus Infections in an Opened Molecular Diagnostic Platform.- Real-time PCR to Identify Staphylococci and Assay for Virulence from Blood.- Multiplex Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (PNA-FISH) for Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis.- A closed-tube Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Visual Endpoint Detection of Brucella spp. and Mycobacterium Avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis.- Highly Specific Ligation-Dependent Microarray Detection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms.- Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) for Cronobacter spp..- Diagnostic Bacteriology: Raman Spectroscopy.