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Comparison of a newly developed latex agglutination test and an immunodiffusion test in the diagnosis of systemic candidiasis.

Abstract
A newly developed latex agglutination (LA) test and a modified immunodiffusion (ID) test were evaluated. The antigen used was a homogenate of Candida albicans. A total of 167 antisera were employed in the evaluation. They included 36 sera from clinically well persons; 78 from patients with various clinical forms of candidiasis; 52 from patients with proven cases of aspergillosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, nocardiosis, paracoccidioidomycosis, sporotrichosis, and tuberculosis; and one serum from a patient with toruloposis. Use of the LA test in conjunction with the ID test permitted the detection of more than 90% of 43 proven candidiasis cases. Of all the heterologous cases and normal human sera tested, LA reactions were noted with 3 of 10 cryptococcosis case specimens, 1 of 9 tuberculosis case specimens, and with the torulopsemia case serum. In contrast, the only heterologous serum reactive in the ID test was that from the patient with torulopsemia. Torulopsis glabrata and C. albicans antisera gave identical reactions in LA and ID tests with T. glabrata or C. albicans antigens. ID tests with selected antigens, however, permitted differentiation of rabbit and human T. glabrata antibody from that of C. albicans antibody. Six different precipitins were recognized with the C. albicans antigens. The occurrence of multiple precipitin lines and high LA titers was suggestive of severe candidiasis. The LA test, in contrast to the ID test, appeared to have prognostic value. Together, the LA and ID tests provided a simple, rapid, and accurate means of detecting and monitoring infections by species of Candida.
AuthorsD Stickle, L Kaufman, S O Blumer, D W McLaughlin
JournalApplied microbiology (Appl Microbiol) Vol. 23 Issue 3 Pg. 490-9 (Mar 1972) ISSN: 0003-6919 [Print] United States
PMID4623278 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Antigens
  • Immune Sera
  • Latex
Topics
  • Agglutination Tests
  • Animals
  • Antigens (analysis)
  • Candida (immunology)
  • Candida albicans (immunology)
  • Candidiasis (diagnosis, immunology)
  • Cryptococcosis (immunology)
  • Humans
  • Immune Sera
  • Immunodiffusion
  • Latex
  • Microspheres
  • Mycoses (immunology)
  • Precipitin Tests
  • Rabbits (immunology)
  • Serologic Tests
  • Species Specificity
  • Tuberculosis (immunology)

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