Constance A Bell

Summary

Affiliation: Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi A real-time combined polymerase chain reaction assay for the rapid detection and differentiation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii
    Constance A Bell
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 53:301-6. 2005
  2. ncbi Specimens from a vesicular lesion caused by molluscum contagiosum virus produced a cytopathic effect in cell culture that mimicked that produced by herpes simplex virus
    Constance A Bell
    Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 44:283-6. 2006
  3. ncbi Detection of Bacillus anthracis DNA by LightCycler PCR
    Constance A Bell
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 40:2897-902. 2002
  4. ncbi Application of rapid-cycle real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of microbial pathogens: the Mayo-Roche Rapid Anthrax Test
    James R Uhl
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 77:673-80. 2002

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  1. ncbi A real-time combined polymerase chain reaction assay for the rapid detection and differentiation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and Ehrlichia ewingii
    Constance A Bell
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 53:301-6. 2005
    ..Sensitivity and specificity were at least 100% compared with conventional PCR. This assay provides a rapid method for the detection and differentiation of the causative agents of human ehrlichiosis in the United States...
  2. ncbi Specimens from a vesicular lesion caused by molluscum contagiosum virus produced a cytopathic effect in cell culture that mimicked that produced by herpes simplex virus
    Constance A Bell
    Department of Pathology and Area Laboratory Services, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 44:283-6. 2006
    ..As reported herein, viral culture of specimens from atypical lesions may produce an abortive infection in limited cell lines and a cytopathic effect suggestive of herpes simplex virus...
  3. ncbi Detection of Bacillus anthracis DNA by LightCycler PCR
    Constance A Bell
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
    J Clin Microbiol 40:2897-902. 2002
    ..anthracis. Additional clinical studies are required to determine the usefulness of this test for the rapid identification of B. anthracis directly from human specimens...
  4. ncbi Application of rapid-cycle real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of microbial pathogens: the Mayo-Roche Rapid Anthrax Test
    James R Uhl
    Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
    Mayo Clin Proc 77:673-80. 2002
    ..This latter test is commercially available as the result of a collaborative venture between Mayo Clinic and Roche Applied Science, hence the designation The Mayo-Roche Rapid Anthrax Test...