[Usefulness of serology in the diagnosis of Candida tropicalis septicemia].
In this study, we have evaluated the usefulness of eight serologic tests in the diagnosis of a Candida tropicalis septicaemia in a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia. Among the tests used, detection of mannose and candida antigen in serum allowed a high degree of suspicion of infection, earlier than the isolation of this species on mycological cultures from blood or oesophagic samples. Detection of anti-C. albicans antibodies was useless but low titres of anti-C. tropicalis antibodies were observed. In spite of early diagnosis and antifungal treatment, the complication of the disseminated candidiasis with a Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicaemia, concluded with the patient's exitus.
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Departamento de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina y Odontología, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao.
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D000368:Aged; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood; D000946:Antigens, Fungal / Q000097:blood; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D016469:Fungemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D000946:Antigens, Fungal
Utilidad de la serología en el diagnóstico de una septicemia por Candida tropicalis.