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Abstract

Introduction:

We report antigen and antibody responses in a case of multiple invasive fungal diseases.

Case presentation:

The patient, a double‐lung transplant recipient, had candidaemia and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with cerebral involvement. The follow‐up of the serum galactomannan antigen by ELISA showed a level increase that correlated with the patient’s aggravation. It was retrospectively completed by kinetics analysis using different anti‐ antibody assays (ELISA and Western blotting).

Conclusion:

A balance between the antigen and anti‐ antibodies was shown using different anti‐ antibody assays. The results of these two antibody techniques appeared rather congruent.

  • This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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