Lack of galactomannan reactivity in dematiaceous molds recovered from cancer patients with phaeohyphomycosis.
We determined the in vitro galactomannan reactivity of isolates recovered from 17 patients with invasive phaeohyphomycosis, 4 of whom had positive galactomannan antigenemia. All isolates were nonreactive using the galactomannan immunoassay. Galactomannan antigenemia in patients with phaeohyphomycosis should raise the possibility of concomitant invasive aspergillosis.
Ben-Ami
Ronen
R
Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA. ronen.benami@gmail.com
Lasala
P Rocco
PR
Lewis
Russell E
RE
Kontoyiannis
Dimitrios P
DP
D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005690:Galactose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008351:Mannans / Q000032:analysis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*
D008351:Mannans; C012990:galactomannan; D005690:Galactose