Publication: Usefulness of a microimmunodiffusion test for the detection of Penicillium marneffei antigenemia, antibodies, and exoantigens
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1997-12-01
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0301486X
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2-s2.0-0031472016
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Mahidol University
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Mycopathologia. Vol.138, No.2 (1997), 51-55
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Pankorn Imwidthaya, A. S. Sekhon, T. D. Mastro, A. K. Garg, E. Ambrosie Usefulness of a microimmunodiffusion test for the detection of Penicillium marneffei antigenemia, antibodies, and exoantigens. Mycopathologia. Vol.138, No.2 (1997), 51-55. doi:10.1023/A:1006826907109 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/17855
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Usefulness of a microimmunodiffusion test for the detection of Penicillium marneffei antigenemia, antibodies, and exoantigens
Abstract
Eight sera from culturally-proven cases of penicilliosis marneffei and their corresponding isolates were examined for circulating antibody(ies) and antigen, and exoantigens, respectively, using a microimmunodiffusion (MID) test. Two of the 8 sera produced strong precipitins (1-2) when reacted against control Penicillium marneffei antigen (5-week-old shaken cultures at 25 C) in the presence of control rabbit anti-P marneffei serum. Five of the 8 sera produced a strong precipitin line when reacted against control hyperimmune serum to P. marneffei. These five sera, and one additional serum, which tested negative for antibody to P. marneffei, demonstrated the presence of antigen by reacting only against the anti-P marneffei serum. Serological evaluations of the sera revealed that the MID test is capable of detecting antibody and antigen in AIDS patients having penicilliosis marneffei infections. Exoantigen analysis of the 8 P. marneffei isolates, which were previously identified using the conventional and time-consuming macro- and micro-morphological characteristics, showed the presence of 1 to 4 specific exoantigens in MID. With the exoantigen analysis, the identity of all of the isolates was confirmed as P. marneffei. Our studies indicated that the serological tests are useful for detecting circulating antibody and/or antigen in patients' sera, and that the exoantigen test is reliable for confirming the identity of P. marneffei cultures.