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Mareva Giacchino1, Nadia Chiapello, Stefania Bezzio, Franca Fagioli, Paola Saracco, Alda Alfarano, Vincenza Martini, Giuseppe Cimino, Pietro Martino, Corrado Girmenia.
Abstract
We report three cases of invasive Geotrichum capitatum infection in patients with acute leukemia for which an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for Aspergillus galactomannan was positive, with no evidence of aspergillosis. Supernatants obtained from suspensions of 17 G. capitatum strains gave positive reactions with the Aspergillus galactomannan ELISA. These clinical and laboratory data seem to suggest that G. capitatum produces a soluble antigen that is cross-reactive with Aspergillus galactomannan.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16954294 PMCID: PMC1594704 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00856-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948