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. 1994 Jan;32(1):17–23. doi: 10.1128/jcm.32.1.17-23.1994

Diagnostic value of anti-Candida enolase antibodies.

A J van Deventer 1, H J van Vliet 1, W C Hop 1, W H Goessens 1
PMCID: PMC262962  PMID: 8126174

Abstract

An immunodominant antigen with enolase enzyme activity was purified and used for the development of an assay to detect antibodies directed against this antigen in sera from patients with either invasive candidiasis or Candida colonization. The Au enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay established with the Candida enolase antigen was able to discriminate significantly between invasive candidiasis and colonization in both immunocompetent and immunodeficient groups of patients. The test had a sensitivity of 50% and a specificity of 86% in the immunocompetent patient group. In the immunodeficient patient group, a sensitivity of 53% and a specificity of 78% were established. Antibody levels determined by a counterimmunoelectrophoresis assay with the same set of sera resulted in a better sensitivity for sera from the immunocompetent patient group but a lower specificity, i.e., 80 and 29%, respectively. The counterimmunoelectrophoresis assay of sera from the immunodeficient patient group was not able to discriminate significantly between invasive candidiasis and colonization. With the use of more serum from each patient, the sensitivity of the antibody detection assays increased, while the specificity was maintained. The increase, however, was not statistically significant. Combining the results of the antibody assays with antigen titers obtained by the Cand-Tec assay did not improve the predictive value with respect to invasive candidiasis, as determined by multivariance regression analysis. Furthermore, it was demonstrated by performance of Western blots (immunoblots) that sera from patients as well as a rabbit antiserum cross-reacted with the Candida enolase and baker's yeast enolase enzyme. However, by tandem crossed immunoelectrophoresis it was demonstrated that the antibodies were directed toward different epitopes of the antigen.

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