Alternatives to the standardized laboratory branch complement fixation test for detection of antibodies to Coccidioides immitis. 1982

J C Wood, and G Friedly, and M Zartarian, and S Aarnaes, and L M de la Maza

Antibody titers to Coccidioides immitis, using coccidioidin antigen, were determined by three methods: the standardized Laboratory Branch complement fixation method (LBCF), a modified version of the Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory complement fixation test (VRDL-CF), and a quantitative immunodiffusion test (QID). Of the 133 samples evaluated, 72 were negative by each method and 57 (42 serum samples, 15 cerebrospinal fluid samples) were positive by all three methods. Four additional specimens (1 serum sample, 3 cerebrospinal fluid samples) were positive by QID alone. All positive patients were diagnosed clinically as having pulmonary or extrapulmonary coccidioidomycosis or both. When titers from two methods were compared, the agreement within +/- 1 dilution was VRDL-CF/QID, 88.5%; VRDL-CF/LBCF, 85.2%; and LBCF/QID, 82.0%. The agreement of these methods within +/- 2 dilutions was VRDL-CF/QID, 98.4%; VRDL-CF/LBCF, 96.7%; and LBCF/QID, 93.4%. The VRDL-CF and QID methods are simpler to perform; however, they are yet unrecognized as suitable alternatives to the more cumbersome LBCF. Our data show that they should be considered as options for C. immitis serology.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D003045 Coccidioides A mitosporic fungal genus which causes COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS. Coccidioides immitis
D003168 Complement Fixation Tests Serologic tests based on inactivation of complement by the antigen-antibody complex (stage 1). Binding of free complement can be visualized by addition of a second antigen-antibody system such as red cells and appropriate red cell antibody (hemolysin) requiring complement for its completion (stage 2). Failure of the red cells to lyse indicates that a specific antigen-antibody reaction has taken place in stage 1. If red cells lyse, free complement is present indicating no antigen-antibody reaction occurred in stage 1. Complement Absorption Test, Conglutinating,Conglutination Reaction,Conglutinating Complement Absorption Test,Complement Fixation Test,Conglutination Reactions,Fixation Test, Complement,Fixation Tests, Complement,Reaction, Conglutination,Reactions, Conglutination,Test, Complement Fixation,Tests, Complement Fixation
D003365 Costs and Cost Analysis Absolute, comparative, or differential costs pertaining to services, institutions, resources, etc., or the analysis and study of these costs. Affordability,Analysis, Cost,Cost,Cost Analysis,Cost Comparison,Cost Measures,Cost-Minimization Analysis,Costs and Cost Analyses,Costs, Cost Analysis,Pricing,Affordabilities,Analyses, Cost,Analyses, Cost-Minimization,Analysis, Cost-Minimization,Comparison, Cost,Comparisons, Cost,Cost Analyses,Cost Comparisons,Cost Measure,Cost Minimization Analysis,Cost, Cost Analysis,Cost-Minimization Analyses,Costs,Measure, Cost,Measures, Cost
D005779 Immunodiffusion Technique involving the diffusion of antigen or antibody through a semisolid medium, usually agar or agarose gel, with the result being a precipitin reaction. Gel Diffusion Tests,Diffusion Test, Gel,Diffusion Tests, Gel,Gel Diffusion Test,Immunodiffusions,Test, Gel Diffusion,Tests, Gel Diffusion
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000908 Antibodies, Fungal Immunoglobulins produced in a response to FUNGAL ANTIGENS. Fungal Antibodies

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