Table 1.

Detection of antibodies by counterimmunoelectrophoresis and double immunodiffusion methods using a commercial antigen from Paracoccidioides spp.: evaluation of sera from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis or other diseases.

	Detection of antibodies – N° of sera (%)
Disease type	CIEP		DID		Total
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Paracoccidioidomycosis – active diseasea	24 (100)	0 (0)	15 (63)	9 (37)	24 (100)
Paracoccidioidomycosis in regression or clinical cureb	15 (88)	2 (12)	15 (88)	2 (12)	17 (100)
Histoplasmosis	0 (0)	7 (100)	0 (0)	7 (100)	7 (100)
Aspergillosis	0 (0)	5 (100)	0 (0)	5 (100)	5 (100)
Other diseasesc	0 (0)	27(100)	0 (0)	27 (100)	27 (100)

^aPatients without treatment or with up to three months of use of antifungals.

^bPatients with antifungal therapy higher than 3 months or already completed.

^cPatients without systemic fungal infection.

CIEP, counterimmunoelectrophoresis; DID, double immunodiffusion.