Fungal Antigens

Overview on Fungal Antigens.- Methodology.- Chemical Methods to Study the Structure of Fungal Polysaccharide Antigens.- Cytochemical Techniques for the Study of Fungal Polysaccharides.- Immunochemistry of Fungal Antigens at the Electron Microscopy Level.- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Related Sensitive Assays for Antigen and Antibody Detection.- Techniques Available to Prepare Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Toward Fungal Polysaccharide Antigens.- Fungal Exoantigens.- Invertebrate Pathogens.- Fungal Elicitors of Invertebrate Cell Defense System.- Candida.- Immunochemistry of Candida albicans Antigens.- Cytological, Chemical and Serological Immunodetection of a Candida albicans Antigen.- Candida Antigens and Their Role in Adherence Mechanisms.- Antigen and Metabolite Detection in Invasive Candidiasis.- Mannan Antigen of Candida albicans and Cellular Immune Responses in vitro and in vivo.- Contributed Papers.- Antigenicity of Candida albicans Cell Wall after Enzymatic Digestion.- Differential Expression of Secretory Proteinase by Candida albicans and C. parapsilosis Invading Human Mucosa.- Production of Anti-Candida Monoclonal Antibodies: Immunopurification of C. albicans Cell Wall Antigens.- Candida Antigen and Arabinitol Levels in the Sera of Patients with Proven or Probable Invasive Candidosis.- Mannan Detection by ELISA-Inhibition in Desseminated Candidiasis: Experimental Study in Rabbits.- Evaluation of the Candidate Super Latex Agglutination Test for the Diagnosis of Vaginal Candidosis.- An Attempt to Obtain Candida Skin Antigens for the Diagnosis of Systemic Candidosis.- Candida Mannan Antigen Detection versus Quantitative Culture in Urine, Sputum, Stool, and Vaginal Swabs.- Systematic Use of a Latex Test to Detect Soluble CandidaAntigens in Serodiagnosis of Systemic Candidiasis.- Evaluation of Immune Complexes and Detection of a Mr48,000 Protein in Candidiasis.- Monoclonal Antibodies: Anti-Candida albicans Mannan and Anti-Aspergillus fumigatus Galactomannan.- Yeast Killer Toxin Monoclonal Antibodies.- A Quantitative Immunofluorescence Test: An Evaluation of Candida Antigen in the Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis.- Diagnosis of Systemic Candidosis by Latex Particle Agglutination.- Antigens for the Detection of Candida guilliermondiivar. guilliermondii Infection in Ruminants.- Allergenic Moulds.- Allergens of Aspergillus fumigatus.- Allergens of Alternaria and Cladosporium.- Contributed Papers.- Distinct Cell-Wall and Cytoplasmic Proteinic Antigenic Fractions from Candida albicans Inducing IgE Antibodies in Hypersensitive Patients.- Serial Specific IgG Measurements to Common Moulds.- The Antigenic and Allergenic Properties of Botrytis cinerea.- Cryptococcus.- Correlates of Serotype in Cryptococcus neoformans.- Characterization of Cross-Reactivity between cryptococcal Polysaccharides by Use of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and Monoclonal Antibodies.- Cytoplasmic Antigens of Cryptococcusneoformans.- Contributed Papers.- Characterization, Specificity and Protective Effect of a Murine Monoclonal Antibody Reactive with Cryptococcus neoformans (CN) Capsular Polysaccharide (CNPS).- Kinetic Study of Humoral and Cellular Immune Responses to Cryptococcus neoformans Measured by ELISA and Immunocyte Migration Inhibition.- Serotypes of Clinical and Saprophytic Isolates of Cryptococcusneoformans.- About Soluble Cryptococcal Antigen (SCA): Interest in Screening of Patients with AIDS.- Dermatophytes.- Antigens of Dermatophytes and Their Characterization Using Monoclonal Antibodies.- Antigens Involved in the Pathology of Fonsecaea pedrosoi: Immunochemical Study.- Contributed Papers.- Immunological Aspects of a Keratinase Isolated from Trichophyton mentagrophytes.- Diversity of Antigenic Extracts from the Dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum.- Monoclonal Antibodies Against Trichophyton rubrum and their Cross-Activity with Related and Non-Related Antigens.- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of Antibodies Against Pityrosporum orbiculare.- Standardization of Dermatophyte Antigens (Trichophytins) for Skin Test Purposes.- Studies on the Antigens of Pityrosporum (Malassezia) Species.- Aspergillus.- Antigenic Differences Between Exoantigens, Mycelial and Conidial Antigens in Aspergillus.- Characterization of Purified Wall Antigens Obtained from Aspergillus Species.- Antigen Detection in Invasive Aspergillosis.- Contributed Papers.- Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised Patients - Part I: The Problem of Diagnosis.- Aspergillosis in Immunocompromised Patients - Part lis Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for the Detection of AspergillusAntigen.- Immunochemical Studies of Candida and AspergillusAntigenss Taxonomic and Diagnostic Significance.- Interest in Serological Techniques for the Detection and Identification of Phoma exigua, the Agent of Potato Gangrene.- Detection of Aspergillus Glycoprotein in Sera of Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay.- An Enzyme Immunoassay for the Detection of Tenuazonic Acid, a Toxin from the Rice Fungal Pathogen Pyricularia oryzae.- Value and Limits of ELISA in Aspergillosiss Serological Diagnosis in Clinical Forms and Control of a High Risk Population.- A Rapid Double Antibody Biotin-Streptavidin ELISA for Aspergillus fumigatus Glycoprotein Antigen.- Peroxidase Anti-Peroxidase Staining for the Specific Identification of Fungal Antigens in Tissue Sections.- An Assessment of the Assay for Serum Antibodies to Aspergillus fumigatus Catalase in the Diagnostic Laboratory.- Detection of Aspergillus fumigatus Antigenic Components Recognizing IgG, IgM, IgA or IgE Specific Antibodies by ELIFA.- Antigens and Allergens of the Genus Chrysosporium(Emmonsia) Agent of Adiaspiromycosis.- Coccidioides and Histoplasma.- Wall-Associated Antigens of Coccidioides immitis.- Immunochemical Analysis of Histoplasmin Proteins and Polysaccharide.- Immune Responses to Subcellular Antigens of Histoplasma capsulatum.- Contributed Paper.- Recognition of Coccidiodes immitis Antigens with Monoclonal Antibodies.- Actinomycetes.- Antigens of Thermophilic Actinomycetes.