A purified polysaccharide isolated from Candida albicans induces antibody response in vitro by human peripheral blood lymphocytes and discriminates between sera from normal and Candida albicans-infected individuals.

A purified polysaccharide extracted from Candida albicans (MPPS), stimulates in vitro synthesis of specific antibodies by human peripheral blood lymphocytes. These antibodies can be detected by a sensitive enzyme-linked immunoassay. The same assay can be applied to the quantitation of anti-candida antibodies in serum. Statistically significant differences were found between sera of normal and candida-infected individuals.