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Rapid Detection Methods for Agro-Food Safety

  • Kim, Gi-Young
    • 한국환경농학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.157-168
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    • 2009
  • Frequent outbreaks of foodborne illness have been increasing the awareness of agro-food safety. Conventional methods for pathogen detection and identification are labor.intensive and take days to complete. The increasing use of rapid food safety testing is receiving more and more attention. The major reason for this trend is that the food industry requires quick and accurate results. The rapid detection of contaminants in food is critical for ensuring the safety of consumers. Recent advances in technology make detection and identification faster, more sensitive and more specific than traditional method. In this paper, technology trends and recent developments in rapid methods for agro-food safety are discussed.

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Forensic Evaluation of Prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) Rapid Test Kit for Identification of Human Semen (전립선특이항원검사 Kit에 의한 정액의 신속 검출법)

  • Lim, Chae-Won;Lee, Jong-Hoon;Kim, Hyung-Lak
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.76-82
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    • 2009
  • It would be one of the most important tests that determination of semen in crime scene as a matter of significant evidences. Recently, it has been developed for the identification of semen in forensic specimens which was used simply, easily and reproductively. In this study, Prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) Rapid Test kit was evaluated for the forensic identification of semen and compared with one step semen inspection forensic rapid test kit. The sensitivity and specificity of the rapid PSA kit were examined in addition to the stability of PSA. The positive band of rapid PSA kit shown even with 1,000,000-fold diluted semen, which was at least 100 timed higher than qualitative one step semen inspection forensic rapid test kit. PSA was detected in urine from normal male adult, however, it was not detected in urine from young boys and female body fluids. It was shown that PSA was very stable to resist boiling for 20 minutes and the effect of bacteria. In crime scene investigation, rapid PSA kit is expected to help to identify semen easily in the evidences.

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Rapid Identification of Petroleum Products by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

  • 정호일;최혁진;구민식
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.20 no.9
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    • pp.1021-1025
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    • 1999
  • Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been successfully utilized for the rapid identification of six typical petroleum products such as light straight-run (LSR), naphtha, kerosine, light gas oil (LGO), gasoline, and diesel. The spectral features of each product were reasonably differentiated in the NIR region, and the spectral differences provided enough qualitative spectral information for discrimination. For discrimination, principal component analysis (PCA) combined with Mahalanobis distance was used to identify each petroleum product from NIR spectra. The results showed that each product was accurately identified with an accuracy over 95%. Most noticeably, LSR, kerosine, gasoline, and diesel samples were predicted with identification accuracy of 99%. The overall results ensure that a portable NIR instrument combined with a multivariate qualitative discrimination method can be efficiently utilized for rapid and simple identification of petroleum products. This is especially important when local at-site measurements are necessary, such as accidental petroleum leakage and regulation of illegal product blending.

A Case of a Patient with Dizziness Diagnosed with Guorem-byeong Baekho-tang (궐음병(厥陰病) 백호탕(白虎湯)으로 진단된 어지럼증 환자 1례)

  • Choi, Woon-yong
    • 대한상한금궤의학회지
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.143-152
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    • 2018
  • Objective : A Patient complaining of dizziness was diagnosed and treated with the Shanghanlun disease pattern identification diagnostic system and was analyzed to report cases Methods : Based on the Shanghanlun disease pattern identification diagnostic system, we analyzed a case treated with the Baekho-tang and counseling. Results : Baekho-tang showed a rapid improvement in the patient. During the period of 20 days, dizziness were greatly improved. Conclusions : The Baekho-tang, which is not well known yet, can show rapid effect and can be diagnosed frequently through the Shanghanlun disease pattern identification diagnostic system.

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Evaluation of MALDI Biotyping for Rapid Subspecies Identification of Carbapenemase-Producing Bacteria via Protein Profiling

  • Somboro, Anou M.;Tiwari, Dileep;Shobo, Adeola;Bester, Linda A.;Kruger, Hendrik G.;Govender, Thavendran;Essack, Sabiha Y.
    • Mass Spectrometry Letters
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.110-114
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    • 2014
  • The method of direct mass spectrometry profiling is reliable and reproducible for the rapid identification of clinical isolates of bacteria and fungi. This is the first study evaluating the approach of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry profiling for rapid identification of carbapenemase-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE). Proof of concept was achieved by the discrimination of CRE using MALDI Biotyper MS based on the protein. This profiling appears promising by the visual observation of consistent unique peaks, albeit low intensity, that could be picked up from the mean spectra (MSP) method. The Biotyper MSP creation and identification methods needed to be optimized to provide significantly improved differences in scores to allow for subspecies identification with and without carbapenemases. These spectra were subjected to visual peak picking and in all cases; there were pertinent differences in the presence or absence of potential biomarker peaks to differentiate isolates. We also evaluated this method for potential discrimination between different carbapenemases bacteria, utilizing the same strategy. Based on our data and pending further investigation in other CREs, MALDI-TOF MS has potential as a diagnostic tool for the rapid identification of even closely related carbapenemases but would require a paradigm shift in which Biotyper suppliers enable more flexible software control of mass spectral profiling methods.

MALDI TOF MS for the identification of Salmonella spp. from swine (돼지유래 Salmonella속 균의 동정을 위한 MALDI TOF MS 활용)

  • Sohn, Jun Hyung;Jeon, Woo Jin;Lee, Young Mi;Kim, Seon Soo
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.247-251
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    • 2016
  • Salmonella is one of the most common bacteria that causes heavy losses in swine industry and major causative pathogen of food poisoning in public health. Various methods for the identification of Salmonella such as Gram staining, agglutination test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been used. Several studies have demonstrated that Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time of Flight (MALDI TOF) Mass Spectrometry (MS) identification is an efficient and inexpensive method for the rapid and routine identification of isolated bacteria. In this study, MALDI TOF MS could provide rapid, accurate identification of Salmonella spp. from swine compared with end point PCR and real time PCR.

MALDI-TOF MS System for the Identification of Microorganisms in Milk and Dairy Products (우유 및 유제품 중 미생물 동정을 위한 MALDI-TOFMS활용)

  • Kim, Hyoun Wook;Ham, Jun-Sang;Seol, Kuk-Hwan;Han, Sangha;Park, Beam Young;Oh, Mi-Hwa
    • Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.131-137
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    • 2012
  • Rapid and reliable identification of microorganisms is a key for tracing the relationship between the target bacteria and related infectious diseases. Various identification methods such as classical phenotypic analysis, numerical taxonomic analysis, and DNA sequencing have been widely used to classify microorganisms in milk and dairy products. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) identifies targeted bacteria in milk and milk products. Several studies have demonstrated that MALDI-TOF MS identification is an efficient and inexpensive method for the rapid and routine identification of isolated bacteria. MALDI-TOF MS could provide accurate identification of bacteria in milk and milk products at the serotype or strain level and enable antibiotic resistance profiling within minutes.

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A riboprinting scheme for identification of unknown Acanthamoeba isolates at species level

  • Kong, Hyun-Hee;Chung, Dong-Il
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2002
  • We describe a riboprinting scheme for identification of unknown Acanthamoeba isolates at the species level. It involved the use of PCR-RFLP of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (riboprint) of 24 reference strains by 4 kinds of restriction enzymes. Seven strains in morphological group I and III were identified at species level with their unique sizes of PCR product and riboprint type by Rsa 1. Unique RFCP of 17 strains in group II by Dde I. Taq I and Hae III were classified into: (1) four taxa that were identifiable at the species level. (2) a subgroup of 4 taxa and a pair of 2 taxi that were identical with each other. and (3) a species complex of 7 taxa assigned to A. castellanii complex that were closely related. These results were consistent with those obtained by 18s rDNA sequence analysis. This approach provides an alternative to the rDNA sequencing for rapid identification of a new clinical isolate or a large number of environmental isolates of Acanthamoeba.

Advances in Rapid Detection Methods for Foodborne Pathogens

  • Zhao, Xihong;Lin, Chii-Wann;Wang, Jun;Oh, Deog Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.297-312
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    • 2014
  • Food safety is increasingly becoming an important public health issue, as foodborne diseases present a widespread and growing public health problem in both developed and developing countries. The rapid and precise monitoring and detection of foodborne pathogens are some of the most effective ways to control and prevent human foodborne infections. Traditional microbiological detection and identification methods for foodborne pathogens are well known to be time consuming and laborious as they are increasingly being perceived as insufficient to meet the demands of rapid food testing. Recently, various kinds of rapid detection, identification, and monitoring methods have been developed for foodborne pathogens, including nucleic-acid-based methods, immunological methods, and biosensor-based methods, etc. This article reviews the principles, characteristics, and applications of recent rapid detection methods for foodborne pathogens.