TABLE 1.
Cross-reactivity of the PLATELIA CANDIDA Ag EIA with fungal antigen extracts
| Fungal group | Fungal species | Strain designation(s)a | No. of strains with results equivalent to Candida antigen concnb of:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <0.25 (negative) | 0.25-0.5 (borderline) | >0.5 (positive) | |||
| Yeasts | Candida albicans | ATCC 24433, ATCC 90028, ATCC 76615, ATCC 44374, B-765/96, B-833/96, EF-H500, EF-H1042, HD1278/99, HD1629/99, HD1642/99, HD3668/99, HD1419/00, HD1903/00, HD1936/00, HD3196/00, HD3311/00, HD3315/00, HD3322/00, HD1360/01, Gö-ThB | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Candida dubliniensis | EF-H1006, EF-H1007 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Candida famata | HD587/96, HD4645/00, HD1431/99, HD586/96, RV-4/97 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Candida glabrata | ATCC 90030, DSM11950, HD467/00, HD67/00, RV-6/97, RV-3/99 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Candida guilliermondii | ATCC 90877, HD545/95, HD2977/99, RV-2/96 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Candida lusitaniae | HD2501/98, HD2886/99, HD2937/99, RV-10/97 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Candida tropicalis | ATCC 28707, ATCC 90874, RV-7/98, RV-1/00 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Candida inconspicua | HD1538/00, RV-K10/96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida kefyr | DSM11954, EF-H711, HD2060/99, RV-III/99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida krusei | ATCC 90878, RV-D4/96, RV-2/98, RV-7/99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida lipolytica | HD2632/98, RV-6/98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida parapsilosis | ATCC 22019, ATCC 90018, HD2157/00, Ro3287/01a, RV-B/96 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida pelliculosa | RV-9/98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candida valida | HD1493/96, RV-4/96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saccharomyces cerevisiae | ATCC 9763, HD554/99, HD670/99, RV-A1/96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cryptococcus adeliensis | Ro3287/01b | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cryptococcus albidus | HD1459/96, TIMM0351 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cryptococous neoformans | ATCC 90112, ATCC 62066, ATCC 34544, EF-H23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cryptococcus uniguttulatus | HD1833/95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichosporon asahii | HD462/97, HD2461/98, HD2626/98, HD3379/00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichosporon cutaneum | RV-9/97, RV-3/99 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichosporon ovoides | EF-H607 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhodotorula rubra | EF-H1008, RV-III/00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Exophiala dermatitidis | CBSc211, HD3681/00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sporobolomyces roseus | CBS-V1016/95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stephanoascus ciferrii | CBS-V5295/95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hansenula saturnus | HD1152/95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kloeckera apiculata | RV-8/98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aureobasidium pullulans | HD2670/99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kluyveromyces lactis | HD606/97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malassezia furfur | CBS-V7854/95 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Molds | Aspergillus flavus | HD2026/98 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | HD3482/00, HD4697/00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aspergillus nidulans | HD702/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aspergillus niger | HD4235/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aspergillus tamarii | ATCC 10836 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aspergillus terreus | HD1884/01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fusarium oxysporum | HD3490/94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fusarium solani | CBS181.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fusarium verticillioides | HD4274/00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Penicillium chrysogenum | EF-S102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Penicillium marneffei | HD2420/98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paecilomyces variotii | DSM1961 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paecilomyces lilacinus | CBS430.87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scopulariopsis brevicaulis | CBSc400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geotrichum candidum | HD3227/96, RV-J9/96 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sporothrix schenckii | TIMM0982 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cladosporium cladosporioides | CBSc141 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Phialophora verrucosa | CBSc231 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhizopus oryzae | ATCC 56659 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rhizomucor pusillus | HD2806/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Absidia corymbifera | ATCC 14058 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mucor circinelloides | CBS192.68 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cunninghamella bertholletiae | ATCC 42115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Syncephalastrum racemosum | HD4509/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Neotestudina rosatii | CBSc212 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dermatophytes | Microsporum canis | RV-B/99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Microsporum cookei | CBSc190 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Microsporum gypseum | CBSc192 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichophyton mentagrophytes | RV-B/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trichophyton rubrum | Ro433/01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dimorphic fungi | Blastomyces dermatitidis | TIMM 0126 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Histoplasma capsulatum | BA144603/00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Strain collections: ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; B, Robert Koch Institut, Berlin, Germany; BA, Buenos Aires, R. Negroni; CBS, Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, The Netherlands; DSM, Deutsche Stammsammlung für Mikroorganismen, Braunschweig, Germany; EF, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Erfurt, Germany; Gö, Hygiene Institute Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany; HD, Hygiene Institute University of Heidelberg, Germany; Ro, Department of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital, Rostock, Germany; RV, INSTAND: Institut für Standardisierung und Dokumentation im medizinischen Laboratorium, Düsseldorf, Germany (external quality control); TIMM, Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology, Japan.
Measurements are given in nanograms per milliliter.