Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Causes Blastomyces and Histoplasma Antigenemia | Zendy

Amrit Kaur | Zendy; Michael Eberlein | Zendy; Julia KlesneyTait | Zendy; Michelle Durkin | Zendy; L. Joseph Wheat | Zendy; Kiran Gajurel | Zendy

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Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Causes Blastomyces and Histoplasma Antigenemia

Author(s) -

Amrit Kaur,

Michael Eberlein,

Julia KlesneyTait,

Michelle Durkin,

L. Joseph Wheat,

Kiran Gajurel

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz165

Subject(s) - blastomyces , medicine , histoplasma , blastomyces dermatitidis , globulin , immunology , histoplasma capsulatum , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , histoplasmosis , blastomycosis , biology

Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) is known to yield false-positive antigenemia. The fourth generation MiraVista antigen assay was modified to block this effect (MiraVista Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana). We report a case of rATG-induced false-positive and antigenemia in a lung transplant recipient despite modifications of these antigen assays.

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