US 7,320,881 B2
Rapid identification of Nocardia farcinica
Brent A. Lasker, Atlanta, Ga. (US); and June M. Brown, Decatur, Ga. (US)
Assigned to The Government of 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, D.C. (US)
Filed on Apr. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,338.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/560867, filed on Apr. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0277136 A1, Dec. 15, 2005
Int. Cl. C12P 19/34 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—91.2  [536/24.3] 3 Claims
 
1. A method of identifying a Nocardia farcinica infection in a subject, comprising contacting DNA from the subject with a primer comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and with a primer comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, and extending the primer comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 and the primer comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 to amplify at least a portion of the contacted DNA and detecting the amplified DNA to identify the Nocardia farcinica infection.