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Trial reportJournal of clinical microbiology1995

Specific antibody detection in invasive aspergillosis by analytical isoelectrofocusing and immunoblotting methods.

V M Hearn, C Pinel, S Blachier, P Ambroise-Thomas, R Grillot

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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of clinical microbiology, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Aspergillus fumigatus and aspergillosis.Clinical microbiology reviews · 1999
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

V M HearnDépartement de Parasitologie-Mycologie Médicale et Moléculaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique EP78, Faculté de Médecine, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble I, La Tronche Cédex, France.
C Pinel
S Blachier
P Ambroise-Thomas
R Grillot
Université Joseph Fourier · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aspergillus fumigatus antigens have been tested to determine their potential as aids in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA). Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies to these antigens were detected by analytical isoelectrofocusing in conjunction with immunoblotting. A total of 12 antigenic fractions, including culture filtrates and surface and mycelial extracts of A. fumigatus, were investigated. Eleven were reactive with serum specimens from patients with aspergilloma, which served as positive controls for the evaluation of a specific IgG response. Eight of 12 antigens showed good responses with serum specimens from patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, which were used to assess the sensitivity of IgG detection. No measurable reactivity was detected in 18 negative control serum specimens, while 11 of 13 patients with proven, highly probable, or probable cases of IA had anti-Aspergillus IgG to multiple antigenic preparations. Patients with IA who were capable of mounting a substantial humoral response to Aspergillus antigens gave an antibody profile with five antigenic preparations which seemed to be characteristic of the disease. Data show that this method is highly sensitive and may allow the selection of fractions which are both highly antigenic and specific for the detection of antibodies to Aspergillus antigens. They also indicate that the use of a spectrum of antigenic molecules is advisable, given the variability observed in the immune responses of individual patients.

Indexed as

Antibodies, FungalAntibody SpecificityAntigens, FungalAspergillosisAspergillosis, Allergic BronchopulmonaryAspergillus fumigatusHumansImmunoblottingImmunoglobulin GIsoelectric FocusingMycologySensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, FungalAntigens, FungalImmunoglobulin G

Identifiers

PMID7790472
PMCPMC228080
OpenAlexW2161091981

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