PNA FISH® for Biofilms

For research use only.  Not for use in diagnostic procedures.


Christina Marcos-Arias, Elena Eraso, Lucila Madariga and Guillermo Quindos
Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH Kit is a useful tool for the analysis of oral mixed Candidia biofilms. Poster. TIMM 2011.

Rebecca L Gorton, Purnima Ramnarain, Neil R H Stone, Kevin Barker, T. McHugh, Chris C Kibbler.
A comparison of three rapid identification techniques for the identificaiton of yeasts from positive blood cultures: Gram's stain, PNA-FISH and MALDI-TOF. Poster. TIMM 2011.
   
Bjarnsholt T, Nielsen XC, Johansen U, Nørgaard L, Høiby N.
Methods to classify bacterial pathogens in cystic fibrosis. Methods Mol Biol. 2011;742:143-71.
 
Fazli M, Bjarnsholt T, Kirketerp-Møller K, Jørgensen A, Andersen CB, Givskov M, Tolker-Nielsen T.
Quantitative analysis of the cellular inflammatory response against biofilm bacteria in chronic wounds.  Wound Repair Regen. 2011 May-Jun;19(3):387-91.
 
Sachse F, Becker K, von Eiff C, Metze D, Rudack C.
Staphylococcus aureus invades the epithelium in nasal polyposis and induces IL-6 in nasal epithelial cells in vitro. 
Allergy. 2010 Nov;65(11):1430-7.
 
Mette Burmølle, Trine Rolighed Thomsen, Mustafa Fazli, Irene Dige, Lise Christensen, Preben Homøe, Michael Tvede, Bente Nyvad, Tim Tolker-Nielsen, Michael Givskov, Claus Moser, Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, helle Krogh Johansen, Niels Høiby, Peter østrub Jensen, Soren J. Sørensen & Thomas Bjarnsholt
Biofilms in Chronic Infections - A Matter of Opportunity - Monospecies Biofilms in Multispecies Infections.  Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2010. 59: 324-336.
 
Mustafa Fazli, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Klaus Kirketerp-Møller, Bo Jørgensen, Anders Schou Andersen, Karen A. Krogfelt, Michael Givskov and Tim Tolker-Nielsen
Nonrandom Distribution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in Chronic Wounds. J Clin Microbiol. 2009. 4084-4089.
 
Thomas Bjarnsholt PhD, Tim Tolker-Nielsen PhD, Michael Givskov PhD, DrTech, Marting Janssen MD, Lisa Hanne Christensen MD, DmedSc
Detection of Bacteria by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization in Culture-Negative Soft Tissue Filler Lesions. Dermatol Surg. 2009 35:1620-1624.
 
Preben Homøe, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Marcus Wessman, Hans Christian Florian Sørensen, Helle Krogh Johansen
Morphological Evidence of Biofilm Formation in Greenlanders with Chronic Suppurative Otitits Media.  Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 266:1533-1538.
 
Bjarnsholt T, Jensen PØ, Fiandaca MJ, Pedersen J, Hansen CR, Andersen CB, Pressler T, Givskov M, Høiby N. 
 
Kirketerp-Møller K, Jensen PØ, Fazli M, Madsen KG, Pedersen J, Moser C, Tolker-Nielsen T, Høiby N, Givskov M, Bjarnsholt T.
 
Homøe P, Johansen H.K., Høiby N, Bjarnsholt T, Sørensen H.F.
Evidence of Biofilm in Chronic Suppurative Otitits Media in Greenland. Poster. 2007.
 
Thomas Bjarnsholt, Peter Ostrup Jensen, Kit G. Madsen, Christine R. Hansen, Claus Bogelund Andersen, Tacjana Pressler, Michael Givskov, Niels Hoiby
The P. aeruginosa burden of the CF lung - Uncovering the black box. Poster. ASM 2007.

Thomas Bjarnsholt PhD, Klaus Kirketerp-Moller MD, Peter Ostrup Jensen PhD, Kit G. Madsen MSc, Richard Phipps PhD, Karen Krogfelt PhD, Niels Hoiby Dr Med, Michael Givskov Dr Techn 
 
Jabra-Rizk MA, Johnson JK, Shirtliff M, Oliveira KM, Haverkos K, Meiller TF.
PNA FISH Analysis of Microbial Biofilms. Poster. ASM 2005 Atlanta, GA, USA
 
Rand KH, Houck H, Huff G, Donnelly W, Fiandaca M, Bergeron E.
Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) Probes to Define the Etiology of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP): Time for a new Gold Standard? Poster. ASM 2005 Atlanta, GA, USA