| Literature DB >> 2592544 |
M J Mendes-Giannini1, J P Bueno, M A Shikanai-Yasuda, A W Ferreira, A Masuda.
Abstract
The 43,000-molecular-weight (43K) soluble glycoprotein was detected in sera of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis by the immunoblot technique by using as the probe rabbit monospecific antisera to this fraction. The 43K antigen was present before treatment in sera of patients with the acute (juvenile) form; it started to disappear from circulation after 10 months of chemotherapy, and it was undetectable after 2 years of treatment. In the chronic cases, the 43K antigen was detected in patients without treatment, and it was absent in the healed cases. The detection of the 43K protein specific to Paracoccidioides brasiliensis may be important for its diagnostic value as well as for modulation of the host immune response.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2592544 PMCID: PMC267138 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.27.12.2842-2845.1989
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948