TABLE 2.

Cross-reactivity in clinical specimens and experimental infection

Specimen source	Assayf	No. of specimens positive for antigen/no. tested
		Aspergillus	Cryptococcus
Infected patients	Af GalM EIA	20/20a	0/25b
	Cn CPS LA	0/20a	24/25b
Mice experimentally infected	Af GalM EIA	5/5a	0/8c
with C. neoformans	Cn CPS LA	0/5a	8/8c
Rabbits experimentally	Af GalM EIA	7/7d	0/8e
infected with A. fumigatus	Cn CPS LA	0/7d	8/8e

^aSerum.

^bSerum or CSF.

^cSpleen tissue.

^dBAL fluid.

^eLung tissue.

^fAf, A. fumigatus; Cn, C. neoformans.