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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Detection of Bacterial Flora in Biological Secretions  Using Antibodies Developed In Vitro and Immobilized in a  Surface Plasmon Resonance System

Sowdamini, Nakka Sravya January 2011 (has links)
Identification of pathogens living in biofilms of chronic infections has been difficult with PCR, serological, biochemical and culture techniques. The study aims at the detection of bacterial pathogens in biofilms of biological secretions using SPR analysis Biacore. The antibodies were developed by isolating mononuclear lymphocytes from the blood of the patients who sustained systemic infection. The isolated lymphocytes had antibody secreting B cells (plasma cells) which were identified using flow cytometry analysis. The antibodies produced (n=4) were used to immobilize CM5 chip of Biacore to detect the bacteria in ulcer secretions with wound secretions of healthy volunteers as controls. The results from Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) analysis and culture technique were compared and statistically there was no significant difference obtained. The results from present study suggest that SPR analysis could be used as an alternative system for detection of bacteria in poly-microbial samples and detect the organisms that might not be discovered by culture or PCR method.

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