From: Detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris DNA by real-time PCR targeting the RNase P gene
DNA [pg] a) | Amoebae equivalents b) | CT c) | |
---|---|---|---|
B. mandrillaris (axenic culture) | 5 – 50 | < 2 | 35 – 38 |
Acanthamoeba hatchetti 2HH (axenic culture) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
A. lenticulata 72/2 (axenic culture) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
A. castellanii 1BU (axenic culture) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Toxoplasma gondii (partially purified) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Leishmania major (axenic culture) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Pneumocystis murina (partially purified) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Mycobacterium bovis (BCG) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Murine macrophage RAW 264.7 cells (TIB 71) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Human neuroblastoma Kelly cells (ACC 355) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Brain tissue (mouse, ca. 15 mm3) | ≥ 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Brain tissue spiked with 1–10 B.m. | n.d. | 1 – 10 | 33 – 38 |
Lung, liver, spinal chord (mouse, ca. 15 mm3) | > 500 | neg | ≥ 39 |
Lung tissue spiked with 10 B.m. | n.d. | 10 | 35–36 |