Evaluation of the Antigen Specific to the Mycelial Phase of Candida albicans in the Serodiagnosis of Candidiasis
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Tohoku University Medical Press in The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 123 (4) , 395-396
- https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.123.395
Abstract
Two different antibodies against C. albicans in patients'' sera were demonstrated and the detection rates were proportional to the severity of candidiasis. One antibody was directed toward antigen shared by Candida in blastospore and mycelial phases and the other was directed against antigen found only in the mycelial phase of Candida. The presence of the latter may reflect the invasive form of candidiasis.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Cell Wall Composition of the Mycelial and Blastospore Forms of Candida albicansJournal of General Microbiology, 1968