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Antibodies to Pneumocystis carinii in Danish blood donors and AIDS patients with and without Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Author(s) -
BUHL LINE,
SETTNES OSVALD P.,
ANDERSEN PAUL L.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1993.tb00169.x
Subject(s) - pneumocystis carinii , pneumonia , antibody , medicine , immunology , pneumocystis pneumonia , virology , pneumocystis jirovecii
Sera from 1) 8 AIDS patients with Pneumocystis 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).