Antibodies to Pneumocystis carinii in Danish blood donors and AIDS patients with and without Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Antibodies to Pneumocystis carinii in Danish blood donors and AIDS patients with and without Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.

APMIS. 1993 Sep;101(9):707-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94059531
Buhl L; Settnes OP; Andersen PL; Institute of Pathology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus; Kommunehospital, Denmark.

Abstract: Sera from 1) 8 AIDS patients with Pneumocystitis carinii pneumonia, 2) 13 HIV antibody-positive patients, 9 with AIDS and 4 with AIDS-related symptoms, all 13 without Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and 3) 36 healthy male blood donors, all HIV antibody negative, were examined for antibodies against Pneumocystis carinii using the indirect immunofluorescence antibody technique. Seven (87%) out of eight sera from group 1, 12 (92%) out of 13 sera from group 2, and 35 (97%) out of 36 sera from group 3 were positive. There was no significant difference between group 1 and 2, and group 2 and 3. The difference between group 1 and group 3 was significant (p = 0.03).
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/BLOOD/*IMMUNOLOGY Animal Antibodies, Fungal/*BLOOD AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/BLOOD/*IMMUNOLOGY *Blood Donors Comparative Study Denmark Fluorescent Antibody Technique Human Lung/MICROBIOLOGY Male Pneumocystis carinii/*IMMUNOLOGY/ISOLATION & PURIF Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/BLOOD/COMPLICATIONS/*IMMUNOLOGY Rats Rats, Wistar Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/blood/KWDimmunologyanimalantibodies,fungal/KWDbloodaids-relatedopportunisticinfections/blood/KWDimmunologyKWDblooddonorscomparativestudydenmarkfluorescentantibodytechniquehumanlung/microbiologymalepneumocystiscarinii/KWDimmunology/isolation&purifpneumonia,pneumocystiscarinii/blood/complications/KWDimmunologyratsrats,wistarsupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tjournalarticle
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