Journal: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Article Title: Effects of metaperiodate and urea solutions on the serological diagnosis of human sporotrichosis using an indirect ELISA test
doi: 10.1007/s42770-018-0005-6
Figure Lengend Snippet: ELISA results of IgG (fold increased cutoff) obtained from the sera of patients with sporotrichosis (Ss+, n = 8), sera from individuals with sporotrichin-negative skin tests (Ss−, n = 8), sera from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM, n = 8), and test sera from patients with different clinical forms of sporotrichosis (test, n = 20) against yeast-phase S. schenckii exoantigens. Comparison using the Kruskal-Wallis multivariate analysis, followed by a Dunn’s post-test. Ss− compared to PCM, and Ss+ compared to test, P > 0.05; Ss− and PCM compared to Ss+ and test, P < 0.05. Cutoff values for serum reactivity were calculated by dividing the mean of the optical density readings of each serum sample at 1/1600 dilution by negative samples in the presence of 6 M urea solution
Article Snippet: Production of crude exoantigens of Sporothrix schenckii S. schenckii s. str exoantigens prepared from the yeast phase of the strain #118 (isolated from a human case of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis) were obtained, as previously described, using Sabouraud medium (Difco) [ 15 ].
Techniques: Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay