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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46, 4, (2008), pp. 1391-7ISSN
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Medical Microbiology
Paediatrics - OUD tm 2017
Haematology
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Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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vol. 46
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iss. 4
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p. 1391
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p. 7
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N4i 2: Invasive mycoses and compromised host; NCMLS 1: Infection and autoimmunity; UMCN 4.1: Microbial pathogenesis and host defense; UMCN 4.2: Chronic inflammation and autoimmunityAbstract
Detection of circulating galactofuranose (galf) antigens, including galactomannan (GM), by the Platelia Aspergillus (PA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is an important tool in the early diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA). We used a modified pretreatment technique (MT) on consecutive negative PA ELISA plasma samples from IA patients in order to improve the detection of the fungal components present. Plasma samples (52) were collected from healthy donors, and 174 plasma samples with a galactomannan index (GMI) below 0.5 were collected from 25 unclassifiable and 23 IA patients. The PA ELISA reactivity of pretreated samples was determined before (conventional technique [CT]) and after (MT) filtration using a Microcon filter with a 50-kDa cutoff (Millipore). For the MT, the sensitivity of the PA ELISA increased from 42.9% (CT) to 78.6% (MT) using a cutoff for the GMI of 1.5 in the probable and proven group, whereas specificity slightly decreased from 98.7% to 96.1% in the control group. The 10-fold concentration step increased the GMI as high as 121-fold. The MT resulted not only in positive reactivity in samples that tested negative with the CT but also in the earlier detection of antigen by 2 to 17 days.
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