Abstract
Patients with disseminated infections caused by Trichosporon beigelii have a circulating antigen that cross-reacts with the polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans. We studied the localization of this antigen by immunoelectron microscopy in a rabbit model of experimental disseminated trichosporonosis. Deparaffinized lung sections were examined by using a murine monoclonal anti-cryptococcal polysaccharide antibody and colloidal gold particles coated with goat antibody to murine immunoglobulin G. Antigen that cross-reacted with the monoclonal antibody was observed in the T. beigelii cell wall and in a fibrillar matrix extending from the cell wall.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 192-196 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical microbiology |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1991 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
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