[Diagnostic value of enzymatic detection of serum mannose in invasive candidiasis].
The usefulness of a commercial test for mannose detection in the diagnosis of invasive candidosis was evaluated. Serum mannose was observed in 20 of 22 patients with invasive candidal infection, in a concentration greater than or equal to 60 mumol/l. In 68.2% of them, serum mannose concentration was significant (greater than or equal to 60 mumol/l). The specificity of the test was 91.8%. Efficiency, predictive value positive and negative were 77.5, 58.8 and 94.6%, respectively.
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Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao.
D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008358:Mannose / Q000097:blood*; D008359:Mannose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods
D008359:Mannose-6-Phosphate Isomerase; D008358:Mannose
Valoración diagnóstica de la detección enzimática de manosa sérica en la candidiasis invasiva.