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Immunoglobulin G (IgG), immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin A (IgA) levels were determined by radial immunodiffusion techniques in sera from 11 patients with cryptococcosis. Most specimens showed increased levels of IgM. Studies with fluorescein-labeled monospecific antihuman IgG and IgM, however, indicated that IgG was the immunoglobulin reactive in the indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test. In addition, cross-reacting sera from mycotic infections other than cryptococcosis were also shown to contain IFA antibodies of the IgG class. Sera treated with 2-mercaptoethanol continued to react in both the IFA test and the tube agglutination test. No correlation could be established between IgG and IgM concentrations and serological reactivity in the sera evaluated in this study.
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Blumer, S.O., Kaufman, L. Characterization of immunoglobulin classes of human antibodies to cryptococcus neoformans. Mycopathologia 61, 55–60 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440759
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