Specific immunodiffusion test for blastomycosis.

Applied microbiology ·Vol. 26 ·No. 3 ·1973-09-00 ·Pages 244-7

Kaufman L, McLaughlin DW, Clark MJ, Blumer S

Abstract

A specific immunodiffusion test for blastomycosis has been developed. The test permitted the detection of approximately 80% of 113 proven cases of blastomycosis. Two diagnostically important precipitins designated A and B were frequently recognized in patients with blastomycosis. Routine use of reference sera containing the A and B precipitins in immunodiffusion tests would permit the specific diagnosis of blastomycosis without the need for parallel tests with coccidioidin and histoplasmin.

MeSH Terms

Antigens, Fungal Blastomyces/immunology Blastomycosis/diagnosis,immunology Complement Fixation Tests Diagnosis, Differential Evaluation Studies as Topic Humans Immunodiffusion Methods Precipitins/analysis

Chemicals

Antigens, Fungal Precipitins

Authors & Affiliations

4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Kaufman L

McLaughlin D W

Clark M J

Blumer S

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Article Info

Journal

Applied microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Microbiol

ISSN

0003-6919

DOI

10.1128/am.26.3.244-247.1973

Published

1973-09-00

Pages

244-7

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605802

PMCID

PMC379767

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/am.26.3.244-247.1973 PMC Full Text

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