False positive reaction of the immunohistochemistry technique using anti-BCG polyclonal antibodies to identify Mycobacterium leprae in wild nine-banded armadillos

dc.contributor.authorDeps, P. D.
dc.contributor.authorMichalany, Nilceo S. [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.authorTomimori-Yamashita, Jane [UNIFESP]
dc.contributor.institutionFed Univ Espirito Santo
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-24T12:37:20Z
dc.date.available2016-01-24T12:37:20Z
dc.date.issued2004-09-01
dc.description.abstractThe authors studied 66 wild nine-banded armadillos from Brazil. the ear samples were collected and Ziehl-Neelsen or Fite-Faraco stains were performed, as well as immunostaining using polyclonal BCG antibody, to avaluate the presence of the Mycobacterium leprae. the AFB were not detected by the Ziehl-Neelsen or Fite-Faraco staining, neither immunoexpression of the BCG marker. However, many normal structures from the ears of the nine-banded armadillos, such as condrocytes, condroblasts, fibroblasts and endothelial cells, and Gram positive bacteria cocci, showed false positive reaction by the BCG marker. the authors discuss the use of the immunohistochemical studies with the polyclonal BCG antibody to identify M. leprae antigens in wild armadillos.en
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Espirito Santo, Dept Social Med, Infect Dis Unit, Vitoria, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Pathol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Dermatol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Pathol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnifespUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Dermatol, São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sourceWeb of Science
dc.format.extent327-330
dc.identifierhttp://ijl.ilsl.br/detalhe_artigo.php?id=ODE=#
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. Greenville: Int Journal Leprosy, v. 72, n. 3, p. 327-330, 2004.
dc.identifier.doi10.1489/0020-7349(2004)72<327:FPROTI>2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.issn0148-916X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/27902
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000224716500010
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherInt Journal Leprosy
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.titleFalse positive reaction of the immunohistochemistry technique using anti-BCG polyclonal antibodies to identify Mycobacterium leprae in wild nine-banded armadillosen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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