Serological proteomic biomarkers to identify Paracoccidioides species and risk of relapse.

The sensitivity of the double agar gel immunodiffusion test is about 90% in patients with untreated paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), but it is much lower in cases of relapse. In addition, serum from patients with PCM caused by Paracoccidioides lutzii, frequent in the Midwest region of Brazil, do not re...

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Main Authors: Tatiane Fernanda Sylvestre, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Julhiany de Fátima da Silva, Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago, Simone Schneider Weber, Bianca Alves Pauletti, Lídia Raquel de Carvalho, Lucilene Delazari Dos Santos, Rinaldo Poncio Mendes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6114792?pdf=render