title: Candidosis: diagnostic tools in the laboratory.
abstract: The diagnosis of deep-seated candidosis still poses severe problems to the physician. While laboratory tests for a long time have been mainly based on the detection of antibodies to Candida and in particular Candida albicans the detection of Candida antigen in the blood gains more and more interest. When it comes to the evaluation of the various laboratory tests the correlation with autopsy data is most rewarding. The more specimens are analysed for the presence of hints at deep-seated candidosis in a given hospital setting the least frequent death due to deep-seated candidosis occurs.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rüchel
mesh_terms: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000032:analysis*; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000032:analysis*; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal