Teresa M Brown

US Patent:

8119788, Feb 21, 2012

Filed:

Sep 26, 2006

Appl. No.:

12/088235

Inventors:

Christine J. Morrison - Decatur GA, US
Sanchita Das - New York NY, US
Teresa Brown - Lawrenceville GA, US
Brian Holloway - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Washington DC

International Classification:

C40B 40/06

US Classification:

536 2432, 536 231, 506 16

Abstract:

Compositions and methods for detecting and/or differentiating among organisms, including and , are disclosed. Exemplary methods involve screening a sample suspected of containing at least one or more sp. for the presence or absence of a nucleic acid sequence specific for each such fungal pathogen. Some disclosed methods permit the rapid and simultaneous detection and identification of several fungal pathogens (e. g. , up to 100 fungi) in a single sample.