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Diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in patients with and without signs of immune deficiency: a comparison of six detection methods in human serum.
- Source :
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Journal of clinical pathology [J Clin Pathol] 1987 Oct; Vol. 40 (10), pp. 1162-7. - Publication Year :
- 1987
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Abstract
- Visceral candidiasis in 56 patients, 39 of whom were thought to be immune deficient, was investigated using three serological detection methods--whole cell agglutination, haemagglutination, and counterimmunoelectrophoresis for antibodies; two determinations of circulating antigens--haemagglutination inhibition and latex agglutination; and determination of the arabinitol:creatinine ratio. Of the 39 patients with suspected immune deficiency, 13 had confirmed invasive candidiasis and 26 were colonised; of those without signs of immune deficiency, 10 patients also had invasive candidiasis and seven were colonised. Twenty three patients with invasive candidiasis were analysed in total. For suspected immune deficient patients the best discrimination between visceral candidiasis and colonisation was obtained by combining the results of haemagglutination inhibition and arabinitol:creatinine ratio. For patients without signs of immune deficiency the best discrimination between invasive candidiasis and colonisation was achieved with counterimmunoelectrophoresis. The results of the serological tests confirmed the classification on clinical grounds of those with and without immune deficiency.
- Subjects :
- Agglutination Tests
Antibodies, Fungal analysis
Antigens, Fungal analysis
Candidiasis complications
Creatinine blood
Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
Hemagglutination Tests
Humans
Latex Fixation Tests
Sugar Alcohols blood
Candidiasis diagnosis
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes complications
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0021-9746
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical pathology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 3680540
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.40.10.1162