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Detection of Candida albicans in disseminated candidosis by immunofluorescence staining

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An indirect immunofluorescence (IF) method using rabbit anti-Candida albicans was used to detect C. albicans in blood samples of 12 patients with systemic candidosis defined clinically, histologically and by blood cultures. Positive staining of C. albicans could be detected in all of the patients. The findings suggest that IF-method offers a more rapid method in the diagnosis of disseminated candidosis.

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  1. Kari E. Reijula

    Present address: Allergy-Immunology-Section, VA Medical Center/Research 151, 53295-1000, Milwaukee, WI, USA

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  1. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

    Kari E. Reijula

  2. Oulu Regional Institute of Occupational Health, Oulu, Finland

    Kari E. Reijula

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Reijula, K.E. Detection of Candida albicans in disseminated candidosis by immunofluorescence staining. Mycopathologia 106, 1–3 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436919

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