What organism is considered the most Candida albicans common of all serious fungal diseases? Although is a normal It can become an opportunistic pathogen in Candida endogenous inhabitant of the alimentary debilitated and immunocompromised hosts tract and the mucocutaneous regions of the body, what is true about its capability of becoming an opportunistic pathogen? Cellular defenses protect against Mucocutaneous infections type of infection? Most individuals also have some C. albicans antibodies to organism? methods for antibodies give ID and CIE methods comparable results, and both reliably detect antibodies in systemic candidiasis in immunocompetent hosts? What is considered a positive reaction Formation of one or more bands between the reagent antigen and patient’s When is systemic candidiasis When serial dilutions of specimens show an presumptively identified? increasing number of precipitin bands or convert from negative to positive Which test for antibodies is quantitative The LA test and can be of diagnostic and prognostic value? particles sensitized with a Patient sera and control sera homogenate antigen of are C. albicans reacted with what? What is done when LA test for A serial dilution is performed and reported as the antibodies screening test is positive? highest dilution giving a 2+ reaction What suggests an early infection, 1:4 colonization, or a nonspecific reaction? A titer of 1:8 or greater, conversion from Is presumptive evidence of invasive infection a negative to a positive test, or a fourfold increase in titer suggests what? A fourfold decrease in titer may indicate Successful therapy what? What tests must be performed for Tests for antigenemia immunocompromised patients? Why do immunocompromised patients Because antibody-detection tests have little or no need to have tests for antigenemia? value in immunocompromised patients. What antigen tests for candidiasis EIA and reverse passive agglutination test include? What is the etiologic of Coccidioides immitis coccidioidomycosis?
What organism is considered the most common of all serious fungal diseases? Candida albicans Although Candida is a normal endogenous inhabitant of the alimentary tract and the mucocutaneous regions of the body, what is true about its capability of becoming an opportunistic pathogen? It can become an opportunistic pathogen in debilitated and immunocompromised hosts Cellular defenses protect against type of infection? Mucocutaneous infections Most individuals also have some antibodies to organism? C. albicans methods for antibodies give comparable results, and both reliably detect antibodies in systemic candidiasis in immunocompetent hosts? ID and CIE methods What is considered a positive reaction between the reagent antigen and patient’s Formation of one or more bands When is systemic candidiasis presumptively identified? When serial dilutions of specimens show an increasing number of precipitin bands or convert from negative to positive Which test for antibodies is quantitative and can be of diagnostic and prognostic value? The LA test particles sensitized with a homogenate antigen of C. albicans are reacted with what? Patient sera and control sera What is done when LA test for antibodies screening test is positive? A serial dilution is performed and reported as the highest dilution giving a 2+ reaction What suggests an early infection, colonization, or a nonspecific reaction? 1:4 A titer of 1:8 or greater, conversion from a negative to a positive test, or a fourfold increase in titer suggests what? Is presumptive evidence of invasive infection A fourfold decrease in titer may indicate what? Successful therapy What tests must be performed for immunocompromised patients? Tests for antigenemia Why do immunocompromised patients need to have tests for antigenemia? Because antibody-detection tests have little or no value in immunocompromised patients. What antigen tests for candidiasis include? EIA and reverse passive agglutination test What is the etiologic of coccidioidomycosis? Coccidioides immitis
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