title: [Predictive potential of positive values in the latex agglutination test for Candida antigen (Cand-Tec)].
abstract: The correlation of Cand-Tec (candida antigen detection) with clinical findings and results in passive hemagglutination and immunoelectrophoresis (antibody detection) has been evaluated retrospectively. Based on mycological findings, 33 patients with a Cand-Tec titer were classified into five groups. Systemic antimycotic therapy was another criterion. Using a titer of greater than or equal to 1:8 as diagnostic of systemic or local candidal infection, the positive predictive value was 33% and 55% respectively. However, a titer of greater than or equal to 1:8 correlated significantly (p less than 0.05) with infection (systemic, presumably systemic and local candidiasis, n = 3). The combined findings of an antigen titer of greater than or equal to 1:8 and antibodies to cytoplasmatic protein antigens of candida correlated even better with infection (p less than 0.02) and had a positive predictive value of 100%. Antigen and antibody determination may be useful adjunctive procedures in the diagnosis of candida infections.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schär
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007841:Latex Fixation Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000946:Antigens, Fungal
vernacular_title: Voraussagekraft von positiven Werten im Latexagglutinationstest für Candida-Antigen (Cand-Tec).