PMID- 17035512 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070122 LR - 20191210 IS - 1556-6811 (Print) IS - 1556-679X (Electronic) IS - 1556-679X (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 12 DP - 2006 Dec TI - Diagnosis of Paracoccidioidomycosis by detection of antigen and antibody in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids. PG - 1363-6 AB - Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic infection caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and is believed to be the leading cause of fungal pulmonary infection. In this study, we used an inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to diagnose pulmonary PCM based on the detection of 43-kDa and 70-kDa molecules in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids. The results were compared with results obtained by classical methods for antibody detection. FAU - Marques-da-Silva, Silvia Helena AU - Marques-da-Silva SH AD - Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil. FAU - Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes AU - Colombo AL FAU - Blotta, Maria Heloisa Souza Lima AU - Blotta MH FAU - Queiroz-Telles, Flavio AU - Queiroz-Telles F FAU - Balthazar, Alipio Barbosa AU - Balthazar AB FAU - Lopes, Jose Daniel AU - Lopes JD FAU - de Camargo, Zoilo Pires AU - de Camargo ZP LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20061011 PL - United States TA - Clin Vaccine Immunol JT - Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI JID - 101252125 RN - 0 (43 kDa protein, Paracoccidioides) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Fungal) RN - 0 (Antigens, Fungal) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Fungal/*analysis MH - Antigens, Fungal/*analysis MH - Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid/*immunology/microbiology MH - Fungal Proteins/analysis MH - Glycoproteins/analysis MH - Humans MH - Lung Diseases, Fungal/immunology/microbiology MH - Paracoccidioides/*immunology MH - Paracoccidioidomycosis/*diagnosis/microbiology PMC - PMC1694448 EDAT- 2006/10/13 09:00 MHDA- 2007/01/24 09:00 PMCR- 2007/04/01 CRDT- 2006/10/13 09:00 PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/01/24 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/10/13 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - CVI.00239-06 [pii] AID - 0239-06 [pii] AID - 10.1128/CVI.00239-06 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2006 Dec;13(12):1363-6. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00239-06. Epub 2006 Oct 11.