Clinical specificity of the enzyme immunoassay test for coccidioidomycosis varies according to the reason for its performance

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-98

  Blair, Janis E ^a   Mendoza, Neil ^a   Force, Shannon ^a,b   Chang, Yu Hui H ^a   Grys, Thomas E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872223778     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00531-12     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Valdivia L, Nix D, Wright M, Lindberg E, Fagan T, Lieberman D, Stoffer T, Ampel NM, Galgiani JN. 2006. Coccidioidomycosis as a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 12: 958-962. (Erratum, Emerg. Infect. Dis. 12:1307.)
2. Pappagianis D, Zimmer BL. 1990. Serology of coccidioidomycosis. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 3:247-268.
3. Blair JE, Coakley B, Santelli AC, Hentz JG, Wengenack NL. 2006. Serologic testing for symptomatic coccidioidomycosis in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts. Mycopathologia 162:317-324. (Pubitemid 44819314)
4. Wieden MA, Lundergan LL, Blum J, Delgado KL, Coolbaugh R, Howard R, Peng T, Pugh E, Reis N, Theis J, Galgiani JN. 1996. Detection of coccidioidal antibodies by 33-kDa spherule antigen, Coccidioides EIA, and standard serologic tests in sera from patients evaluated for coccidioidomycosis. J. Infect. Dis. 173:1273-1277. (Pubitemid 26251476)
5. Blair JE, Currier JT. 2008. Significance of isolated positive IgM serologic results by enzyme immunoassay for coccidioidomycosis. Mycopathologia 166:77- 82. doi:10.1007/s11046-008-9129-9.
6. Kaufman L, Sekhon AS, Moledina N, Jalbert M, Pappagianis D. 1995. Comparative evaluation of commercial Premier EIA and microimmunodiffusion and complement fixation tests for Coccidioides immitis antibodies. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:618-619.
7. Kuberski T, Herrig J, Pappagianis D. 2010. False-positive IgM serology in coccidioidomycosis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 48:2047-2049. doi:10.1128/JCM.01843-09.
8. Batra P. 1992. Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis. J. Thorac. Imaging 7(4):29-38.
9. Smith CE, Beard RR. 1946. Varieties of coccidioidal infection in relation to the epidemiology and control of the diseases. Am. J. Public Health Nations Health 36:1394-1402.
10. Tsang CA, Anderson SM, Imholte SB, Erhart LM, Chen S, Park BJ, Christ C, Komatsu KK, Chiller T, Sunenshine RH. 2010. Enhanced surveillance of coccidioidomycosis, Arizona, USA, 2007-2008. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 16:1738-1744.
11. Chang DC, Anderson S, Wannemuehler K, Engelthaler DM, Erhart L, Sunenshine RH, Burwell LA, Park BJ. 2008. Testing for coccidioidomycosis among patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 14:1053-1059. (Pubitemid 351920434)
12. Kim MM, Blair JE, Carey EJ, Wu Q, Smilack JD. 2009. Coccidioidal pneumonia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2000-2004. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 15:397-401.
13. Martins TB, Jaskowski TD, Mouritsen CL, Hill HR. 1995. Comparison of commercially available enzyme immunoassay with traditional serological tests for detection of antibodies to Coccidioides immitis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 33:940-943.
14. Thompson GR, III, Lunetta JM, Johnson SM, Taylor S, Bays D, Cohen SH, Pappagianis D. 2011. Early treatment with fluconazole may abrogate the development of IgG antibodies in coccidioidomycosis. Clin. Infect. Dis. 53(6):e20-e24. doi:10.1093/cid/cir466.
15. Crum NF, Lederman ER, Stafford CM, Parrish JS, Wallace MR. 2004. Coccidioidomycosis: a descriptive survey of a reemerging disease. Clinical characteristics and current controversies. Medicine (Baltimore) 83:149-175. (Pubitemid 38649945)