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ArticleMycopathologia1994

Evaluation of three serological tests for detection of anti-candidal antibodies in diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.

A Chakrabarti, P Roy, D Kumar, B K Sharma, K S Chugh, D Panigrahi

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Article in Mycopathologia, 1994. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Prophylaxis and treatment of invasive candidiasis in the intensive care setting.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2004
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A ChakrabartiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
P Roy
D Kumar
B K Sharma
K S Chugh
D Panigrahi
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoblot detection of antibody against 47 KD cytoplasmic antigen of Candida albicans was evaluated in diagnosis of invasive candidiasis and compared to whole cell agglutination and gel diffusion tests for detection of anticandidal antibody in 64 patients. The patients included 17 with culture proved candidemia, 34 with significant candiduria (more than 10,000 colony forming units per ml of urine) and 13 with nonsignificant candiduria. Antibody against 47 KD antigen was found to be the best indicator for diagnosis of invasive candidiasis even in patients with malignancy. The sensitivity of this procedure was 82.4%, specificity 86.7%, positive predictive value 77.8%, negative predictive value 89.7% and efficacy 85.1%. The gel diffusion procedure lacked in sensitivity whereas whole cell agglutination lacked in specificity. Detection of antibody against 47 KD antigen proved to be a valuable adjunct in the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis.

Indexed as

Agglutination TestsAntibodies, FungalAntigens, FungalCandidiasisHumansImmunoblottingImmunodiffusionIndiaPredictive Value of TestsSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, FungalAntigens, Fungal

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PMID8052291
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