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ArticleThe journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases2023

Reproducibility of double agar gel immunodiffusion test using stored serum and plasma from paracoccidioidomycosis patients.

Karina Andressa Tomazini, Beatriz Aparecida Soares Pereira, Tatiane Fernanda Sylvestre, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Lídia Raquel de Carvalho, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes

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Article in The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karina Andressa TomaziniDepartment of Infectology, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Botucatu Medical School (FMB), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7037-6546
Beatriz Aparecida Soares PereiraDepartment of Infectology, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Botucatu Medical School (FMB), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5446-2671
Tatiane Fernanda SylvestreAnhanguera School of Bauru, Bauru, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0023-964X
Ricardo de Souza CavalcanteDepartment of Infectology, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Botucatu Medical School (FMB), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6382-2675
Lídia Raquel de CarvalhoDepartment of Biodiversity and Biostatistics, Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-0575-2263
Rinaldo Poncio MendesDepartment of Infectology, Dermatology, Diagnostic Imaging and Radiotherapy, Botucatu Medical School (FMB), São Paulo State University (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0661-5917
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade Sagrado Coração · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Serological evaluation performed by double agar gel immunodiffusion test (DID) is used for diagnosis, evaluation of severity, management of paracoccidioidomycosis patients, and development of new clinical studies. For these reasons, the Botucatu Medical School of UNESP maintains a serum bank at the Experimental Research Unit with patient clinical data. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of the freeze-thaw cycle and different blood matrices on the titration of circulating antibodies. Methods: The study included 207 patients with confirmed (etiology-demonstrated) or probable (serology-demonstrated) paracoccidioidomycosis, and DID was performed with culture filtrate from Results: First experiment: test and retest presented concordant results in serum stored for up to three years, and discordant titers in low incidence in storage for four to six years but high incidence when stored for more than six years, including conversion from reagent test to non-reagent retest. Second experiment: serum, plasma-EDTA and plasma-heparin samples showed concordant titers, presenting direct correlation, with no interference of storage for up to six months. Conclusions: Storage at -80

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