Nucleic Acid Probes for Detection and Identification of Several Fungi including Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Reference #:

1995-011

Inventors/Contributors

Gurpreet S. Sandhu, M.D., Bruce C. Kline, Ph.D.

Description

The inventions provides nucleic acid probes, primers and methods for detecting fungi that cause disease in humans and animals, as well as spoilage of food and beverages. One invention claimed in a patent below relates to the design and composition of an assay to determine infection due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis by detecting the M. tuberculosis insertion element IS6110 in any clinical specimen.

Patent Status

	U.S. Patent Number 5,707,802 Issued January 13, 1998 U.S. Patent Number 5,731,150 Issued March 24, 1998 U.S. Patent Number 5,763,169 Issued June 09, 1998 Australia Patent Number 0693625 Issued July 02, 1998 U.S. Patent Number 5,958,693 Issued September 28, 1999 U.S. Patent Number 6,180,339 Issued January 30, 2001