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Prevalence of fungal complement-fixing antibodies in sarcoidosis.

Authors: J E, Johnson; R A, DeRemee; F, Kueppers; G D, Roberts;

Prevalence of fungal complement-fixing antibodies in sarcoidosis.

Abstract

The prevalence of fungal complement-fixing antibodies in sera from 58 patients with sarcoidosis was determined and compared to complement-fixing antibody titers in 50 sera from a normal control group and 50 antinuclear antibody-positive sera. Sera from 9 patients with sarcoidosis had complement-fixing antibody titers greater than 1:8 to Histoplasma yeast antigen; serum from one normal control subject had a titer greater than 1:8; and none of the antinuclear antibody-positive sera demonstrated titers greater than 1:8. There were no significant complement-fixing antibody concentrations observed against histoplasmin, blastomycin, and coccidioidin antigens in any serum from the 3 groups studied. The increase in antibody titers to the Histoplasma yeast antigen might have been related to the generalized increase in immunoglobulin concentrations noted in patients with sarcoidosis.

Keywords

Sarcoidosis, Complement Fixation Tests, Histoplasma, Humans, Immunoglobulins, Antibodies, Fungal

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