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1381404

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed to measure specific IgG antibody to the polysaccharide, cell wall mannan of Candida albicans (mannan). The results were expressed as arbitrary units/ml, with an inter- and intra-assay coefficient of variation of 7-11%. In establishing normal ranges we found that specific IgG to the mannan increased with age, with 18% of healthy children aged 3-10, 48% of healthy children aged 11-19 and 76% of an adult donor population having specific IgG antibody to mannan (greater than 30 U/ml). We have compared these normal ranges, with a group of patients with primary antibody deficiency (PAD). None of the 23 patients with PAD, which included common variable immunodeficiency, IgG subclass deficiency, and selective IgA deficiency, had titres greater than 30 U/ml. The patients with PAD had significantly lower levels of specific IgG anti-mannan antibody (median 9 U/ml) compared to healthy children aged 11-19 (median 26 U/ml) or adults (median 58 U/ml) (p = less than 0.001) but not children aged 3-10, (median 1 U/ml) (p = 0.08).
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1759
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A comparison of specific IgG antibody levels to the cell wall mannan of Candida albicans in normal individuals and in patients with primary antibody deficiency.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study