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In Situ Detection of Bacteria within Paraffin-embedded Tissues Using a Digoxin-labeled DNA Probe Targeting 16S rRNA
Published on: May 21, 2015
In situ hybridisation for the identification of Helicobacter pylori in paraffin wax embedded tissue
M S Bashir1, F A Lewis, P Quirke
1Department of Histopathology, General Infirmary, Leeds.
Journal of Clinical Pathology
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
A method for identifying Helicobacter pylori using a non-isotopic in situ hybridisation technique is described. A probe generated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with primers directed against parts of the Helicobacter pylori 16SrRNA sequence was used. Paraffin wax embedded gastric biopsy specimens from patients with and without gastritis were hybridised with the probe, and the method was shown to be sensitive and specific for H pylori.

