TY - JOUR
T1 - Laboratory Diagnostics for Fungal Infections
T2 - A Review of Current and Future Diagnostic Assays
AU - Ramanan, Poornima
AU - Wengenack, Nancy L.
AU - Theel, Elitza S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - This article reviews the current diagnostic approaches, both serologic and molecular, for the detection of fungi associated with pulmonary disease. Classic serologic techniques, including immunodiffusion and complement fixation, both of which remain a cornerstone for fungal diagnostic testing, are reviewed and their performance characteristics presented. More recent advances in this field, including novel lateral-flow assays for fungal antigen detection, are also described. Molecular techniques for fungal identification both from culture and directly from patient specimens, including nucleic acid probes, mass spectrometry–based methods, nucleic acid amplification testing, and traditional and broad-range sequencing, are discussed and their performance evaluated.
AB - This article reviews the current diagnostic approaches, both serologic and molecular, for the detection of fungi associated with pulmonary disease. Classic serologic techniques, including immunodiffusion and complement fixation, both of which remain a cornerstone for fungal diagnostic testing, are reviewed and their performance characteristics presented. More recent advances in this field, including novel lateral-flow assays for fungal antigen detection, are also described. Molecular techniques for fungal identification both from culture and directly from patient specimens, including nucleic acid probes, mass spectrometry–based methods, nucleic acid amplification testing, and traditional and broad-range sequencing, are discussed and their performance evaluated.
KW - Antibody
KW - Antigen
KW - Invasive fungal diagnostics
KW - Molecular methods
KW - Serology
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.013
DO - 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.04.013
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28797494
AN - SCOPUS:85020008951
SN - 0272-5231
VL - 38
SP - 535
EP - 554
JO - Clinics in Chest Medicine
JF - Clinics in Chest Medicine
IS - 3
ER -