Given the recent report of a false-positive result in the Platelia Aspergillus enzyme immunoassay in a patient with cryptococcosis and in yeast extracts and purified galactoxylomannan of Cryptococcus neoformans, we evaluated culture extracts, purified polysaccharides, clinical specimens, and specimens from animals following experimental infection. Our results revealed no cross-reactions.
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Xavier, Melissa O.
Pasqualotto, Alessandro C.
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Santa Casa Complexo Hosp, Infect Control Dept, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Conselho Nacl Desenvolvimento & Pesquisa CNPq, Brasilia, DF, BrazilUniv Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Pasqualotto, Alessandro C.
Cardoso, Isabel Cristina E.
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Santa Casa Complexo Hosp, Mycol Lab, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Cardoso, Isabel Cristina E.
Severo, Luiz Carlos
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Santa Casa Complexo Hosp, Mycol Lab, Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Postgrad Program Pulm Sci, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil