Diagnostic Potential of IgA Coated Candida Cells in Mucous Membrane Candidiasis

Overview

Journal Mycopathologia

Specialties Microbiology
Pharmacology

Date 1991 Nov 1

PMID 1779993

Citations 2

Authors

L Polonelli

S Conti

M G Menozzi

M Gerloni

R Elosegui

M Fernandez

M Alvarez

J Ponton

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Abstract

The significance of in vivo IgA coated yeast cells for the diagnosis of candidiasis of the oral and vaginal mucosal membranes was evaluated by direct immunofluorescence in 70 patients with or without clinical symptoms, shown to be positive for yeast growth in the cultural test. Most of the patients with clinically suspected candidiasis of the mucosal membranes gave positive results by serologic assays in contrast to the majority of symptomless patients. The diagnostic approach proved to be essentially consistent with the clinical signs, persistence of infection, response to antifungal therapy and quantitative cultural data.

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