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A rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) where the performance time was shortened to 4h was compared with counter-immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) and a standard ELISA procedure for the detection of IgG antibodies to Candida albicans in 61 patients with suspected invasive candidosis. Using a C. albicans cytoplasmic antigen the rapid ELISA compared well with CIE and the standard ELISA. Seventeen sera that reacted with two concentrations of C. albicans antigen in CIE were also positive in both forms of ELISA. Four sera that were CIE-negative were positive in the standard ELISA and three were also positive in the rapid ELISA. The rapid ELISA provides a sensitive and reproducible test for routine serological investigation of different forms of candidosis.
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Richardson, M.D., Stubbins, J.M. & Warnock, D.W. Rapid enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of IgG antibodies to Candida albicans . Mycopathologia 81, 29–33 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443906
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