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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2002

Development and evaluation of rapid urinary antigen detection tests for diagnosis of penicilliosis marneffei.

Varunee Desakorn, Andrew J H Simpson, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Duangjai Sahassananda, Adul Rajanuwong, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Paul A Howe, Michael D Smith, Nicholas J White

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Immunologic Diagnosis of Endemic Mycoses.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  5. Superiority of a Novel Mp1p Antigen Detection Enzyme Immunoassay Compared to Standard BACTEC Blood Culture in the Diagnosis of Talaromycosis.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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  8. A novel inhibition ELISA for the detection and monitoring of Penicillium marneffei antigen in human serum.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016
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  9. Penicillium marneffei Infection in AIDS.Pathology research international · 2011
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  12. Penicilliosis in China.Mycopathologia · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Varunee DesakornClinical Infectious Diseases Research Unit, Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Andrew J H Simpson
Vanaporn Wuthiekanun
Duangjai Sahassananda
Adul Rajanuwong
Punnee Pitisuttithum
Paul A Howe
Michael D Smith
Nicholas J White
John Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBMahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit · THMahidol University · THSappasithiprasong Hospital · TH

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Penicilliosis, caused by the dimorphic fungus Penicillium marneffei, is an important opportunistic systemic fungal infection affecting immunocompromised individuals living in areas where penicilliosis is endemic. We have demonstrated previously that a urinary enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) with purified rabbit polyclonal antibody against killed whole-fission-form arthroconidia of P. marneffei was specific and highly sensitive for the diagnosis of penicilliosis. In this study, a dot blot ELISA and a latex agglutination (LA) test were developed with the same polyclonal antibody and compared with the ELISA for the detection of P. marneffei urinary antigen. Urine specimens from 37 patients with culture-proven penicilliosis and 300 controls (52 healthy subjects and 248 hospitalized patients without penicilliosis) were tested. Antigen was detected in urine from all 37 (100%) penicilliosis patients by the LA test, 35 (94.6%) penicilliosis patients by the dot blot ELISA, and 36 (97.3%) penicilliosis patients by the ELISA. False-positive results were found by the three assays for 2 (0.7%), 8 (2.7%), and 6 (2%) of 300 controls, respectively. The overall sensitivities of the diagnostic tests were as follows: dot blot ELISA, 94.6%; ELISA, 97.3%; and LA test, 100% (specificities, 97.3, 98, and 99.3%, respectively). The LA test is simple, robust, rapid, and convenient and should prove to be an important addition to the existing diagnostic tests for penicilliosis.

Indexed as

AIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntigens, FungalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHumansLatex Fixation TestsMycosesPenicilliumSensitivity and SpecificityTime FactorsAntigens, Fungal

Identifiers

PMID12202550
PMCPMC130715
OpenAlexW2033482705

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