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Comparison of an enzyme immunoassay and latex agglutination test for detection of galactomannan in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis

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Aspergillus antigenemia was followed up in 215 consecutively observed bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients over a period of two years, using both a latex agglutination test and a sandwich immunocapture enzyme immunoassay (EIA) with a rat antigalactomannan monoclonal antibody as capture and detector antibody. For each patient, sequential sera (3 to 20) were obtained before and after BMT. No positivity was observed before BMT. After BMT, the EIA and latex agglutination test were positive in 19 and 4 patients respectively of 25 patients with confirmed aspergillosis and 14 and 7 of 15 patients with probable aspergillosis. In 19 of 25 patients with confirmed aspergillosis and 9 of 15 patients with probable aspergillosis, the EIA was more sensitive and detected infection earlier than the latex test. In all positive cases, antigenemia rapidly increased in sequential samples and remained strongly positive. In 31 of 169 (19%) BMT patients without clinical signs of aspergillosis, the EIA was occasionally positive in samples taken within the first month after BMT, giving a specificity of 81 % in these patients. In non-BMT patients suffering from other diseases (n=77), the specificity was 98.7%. The overall positive and negative predictive values for the EIA were 54% and 95% respectively. These results favour the use of EIA for early diagnosis and monitoring of aspergillosis in BMT patients, although the predictive value of transient positivity remains to be ascertained.

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  1. Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010, Paris, France

    A. Sulahian & F. Derouin

  2. Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur, Steenvoorde, France

    M. Tabouret

  3. Unité de Greffe de Moelle Osseuse, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

    P. Ribaud & E. Gluckman

  4. Unité de Mycologie Médicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    J. Sarfati & J. P. Latgé

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Sulahian, A., Tabouret, M., Ribaud, P. et al. Comparison of an enzyme immunoassay and latex agglutination test for detection of galactomannan in the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 15, 139–145 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591487

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