Clinical Microbiology (Real time PCR (qPCR) based tests) | ||||||
| The high sensitivity and the high specificity of qPCR make it the current most efficient method for the detection of bacterial pathogens in clinical samples. Several qPCR assays are commercially available for various kinds of bacterial pathogens and include assy kits for group A and group B streptococcus, slow-growing and poorly culturable bacteria, bacteria associated with atypical pneumonias which are difficult to isolate in culture due to special growth requirements, bacteria associated to meningitis, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aurenus (MRSA) and vancomysin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), mycobacteria and viruses. | ||||||
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| Order code | Bacteria | Associated cancers | Specimen | |||
| BTG 301 | Bacteroides fragilis/Clostridium ssp | Colon cancer | Stool | |||
| BTG 302 | Borrelia burgdorferi | MALT lymphoma | Endoscopic Biopsy specimens | |||
| BTG 303 | Campylobacter jejuni | Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID) | Stool | |||
| BTG 304 | Chlamydia pneumonia/Mycoplasma | Lung cancer | Nasopharyngeal swab/Oropharyngeal (OP) swab | |||
| BTG 305 | Chlamydia trachomatis | Cervical cancer | Cervical/Urine/vaginal samples | |||
| BTG 306 | Chlamydophila psittaci | Ocular/adnexal lymphoma ( eye cancer) | Eye Biopsy | |||
| BTG 307 | Helicobacter bilis/Salmonella enterica serovar | Biliary cancer | Bile sample | |||
| BTG 308 | Helicobacter bizzozeronii/H. suis/H. felis/H. salomonis/H. pylori | stomach inflammation, stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, stomach cancers that are not lymphomas | Gastric fluid/Biopsy | |||
| BTG 309 | Helicobacter heilmannii | Marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the stomach | Gastric Biopsy | |||
| BTG 310 | Helicobacter hepaticus | Biliary cancer | Bile sample | |||
| BTG 311 | Helicobacter pylori | Stomach, bile duct cancers | Gastric fluid/Biopsy | |||
| BTG 312 | Mycoplasma ermentans/M. penetrans | Lung cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 313 | M. hyorhinis | Colon cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 314 | M. hyorhinis | Stomach cancer | Gastric sample | |||
| BTG 315 | M. hyorhinis | Ovarian cancer | Ovarian tissue | |||
| BTG 316 | Neisseria Gonorrhoeae/Cutibacterium Acnes/Treponema pallidum | Bladder, prostate cancers | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 317 | Fusobacterium nucleatum | Esophageal cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 318 | Salmonella Typhi | Gallbladder cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 319 | Escherichia coli / Streptococcus bovis | Colorectal cancer | Fecal immunochemical (FIT also known as iFOBT) | |||
| BTG 320 | Escherichia coli | Prostate cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 321 | Chlamydia trachomatis/Mycoplasma/Genitalium | Ovarian cancer | Biopsy | |||
| BTG 322 | Clostridia/Ruminococcaceae | Breast cancer | Biopsy | |||