Detection of antibody responses and delayed dermal hypersensitivity with Blastomyces dermatitidis yeast and mycelial lysate antigens

1991 ◽  
Vol 114 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. W. Seawell ◽  
J. Y. Wheeler ◽  
K. Yearsley ◽  
K. L. Alexander ◽  
A. M. Legendre ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 98-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany R. Allison ◽  
Joshua C. Wright ◽  
Gene M. Scalarone

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex R. Boyd ◽  
Jamie L. VanDyke ◽  
Gene M. Scalarone

The systemic fungal infection, blastomycosis, which infects both humans and animals has presented a diagnostic challenge for clinicians for many years. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity ofBlastomyces dermatitidisyeast lysate antigens with respect to antibody detection in dogs with blastomycosis. Lysate antigens were prepared fromB. dermatitidisisolates T-58 and T-66 (dogs, Tennessee) and WI-R and WI-J (dogs, Wisconsin). Based on results obtained from a preliminary comparative study, five combinations of these isolates and one individual isolate were tested against 92 serum specimens from dogs with culture-proven or histologically-confirmed blastomycosis, using the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Mean absorbance values obtained from the sera ranged from 0.905 with the individual T-58 antigen to 1.760 using an antigen combination (T-58 + T-66 + WI-R). All of the 6 antigenic preparations were able to detect antibody in the serum specimens, but the antigen combinations detected antibody to a higher degree than the individual antigen. This study provides evidence that combinations of the yeast lysate reagents seem to be more efficacious for antibody detection in dog sera, but our laboratory is continuing to evaluate antigen lysate combinations for detection of antibodies in blastomycosis.


2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 67-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica J. Roberts ◽  
Michael V. Madrid ◽  
Lindsy Dickerson ◽  
Bradi Hutchison ◽  
Gene M. Scalarone

2017 ◽  
Vol 07 (09) ◽  
pp. 111-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryn C. Kennell ◽  
Gene M. Scalarone ◽  
Lilliana Hoyos-Carvajal ◽  
Moytri RoyChowdhury

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