Indirect Fluorescent-Antibody and Quantitative Agar-Gel Immunodiffusion Tests for the Serological Diagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 24 (1) , 132-137
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.24.1.132-137.1972
Abstract
The value of various serological tests in the diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis was studied. Quantitative agar-gel immunodiffusion and indirect immunofluorescent tests were performed, and the results were compared with those of complement fixation and qualitative agar-gel procedures. The quantitative immunodiffusion procedure was found to serve as the simplest and safest quantitative test that could be performed for evaluation purposes, whereas the indirect fluorescent-antibody test gave nonspecific reactions and, as such, proved unsuitable.Keywords
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