[Mycoserologic tests in surgical intensive care patients and patients with Candida oesophagitis].
We retrospectively analysed the results of Candida serological testing of 126 surgical intensive care patients. There were high numbers of patients which were mycoserologically positive (haemagglutination test HAT 86.4%, immunoglobulin subclasses 85.3%). Positive microbiological cultures of Candida spp. were found in 43.7% of the patients. Patients with positive cultural findings had an increased HAT titre in 83.9% and increased immunoglobulins in 74.2%. These patients were suspected to have a Candida infection. The correlation to higher titres was much closer in patients with an invasive Candida infection like candidaemia and oesophagitis.
Bernhardt
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Klinik für Chirurgie, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Südring 81, D-18059 Rostock, Germany. joern.bernhardt@kliniksued-rostock.de
Ludwig
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D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000097:blood; D002175:Candida / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003422:Critical Care; D004941:Esophagitis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000908:Antibodies, Fungal