FALSE-POSITIVE CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN LATEX AGGLUTINATION CAUSED BY DISINFECTANTS AND SOAPS

被引:25
作者
BLEVINS, LB [1 ]
FENN, J [1 ]
SEGAL, H [1 ]
NEWCOMBGAYMAN, P [1 ]
CARROLL, KC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UTAH,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84112
关键词
D O I
10.1128/JCM.33.6.1674-1675.1995
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Five disinfectants or soaps were tested to determine if any could be responsible for false-positive results obtained with the Latex-Crypto Antigen Detection System kit (Immuno-Mycologics, Inc., Norman, Okla.). Three disinfectants or soaps (Derma soap, 7X, and Bacdown) produced false-positive agglutination after repeated washing of ring slides during testing of a known negative cerebrospinal fluid specimen.
引用
收藏
页码:1674 / 1675
页数:2
相关论文
共 4 条
[1]   NEW CAUSE FOR FALSE-POSITIVE RESULTS WITH THE CRYPTOCOCCAL ANTIGEN TEST BY LATEX AGGLUTINATION [J].
BOOM, WH ;
PIPER, DJ ;
RUOFF, KL ;
FERRARO, MJ .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1985, 22 (05) :856-857
[2]  
CHUMDI V, 1994, 94TH GEN M AM SOC MI, P576
[3]   DETECTION OF A TRICHOSPORON-BEIGELII ANTIGEN CROSS-REACTIVE WITH CRYPTOCOCCUS-NEOFORMANS CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE IN SERUM FROM A PATIENT WITH DISSEMINATED TRICHOSPORON INFECTION [J].
MCMANUS, EJ ;
JONES, JM .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1985, 21 (05) :681-685
[4]  
1991, LATEX CRYPTO ANTIGEN