Reduction in false antigenemia in the second generation Histoplasma antigen assay

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-171

  Wheat, L Joseph ^a   Witt III, John ^a   Durkin, Michelle ^a   Connolly, Patricia ^a  

^a MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenemia; False positive; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FUNGEMIA; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AJELLOMYCES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33847762148     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601185947     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Wheat, LJ, Connolly, P. and Durkin, M. (2004) False-positive Histoplasma antigenemia caused by antithymocyte globulin antibodies. Transpl Infect Dis, 6, pp. 23-27.
2. Durkin, MM, Connolly, PA and Wheat, LJ. (1997) Comparison of radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunoassay methods for detection of Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum antigen. J Clin Microbiol, 35, pp. 2252-2255.
3. Wheat, J., MaWhinney, S. and Hafner, R. (1997) Treatment of histoplasmosis with fluconazole in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Clinical Trials Group and Mycoses Study Group. Am J Med, 103, pp. 223-232.
4. Wheat, LJ, Connolly, P., Durkin, M., Book, BK and Pescovitz, MD. (2006) Elimination of false-positive Histoplasma antigenemia caused by human anti-rabbit antibodies in the second-generation Histoplasma antigen assay. Transpl Infect Dis, 8, pp. 219-221.