Coccidioides Antibody In Serum

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Indications 3 Clinical-significance 4 More General Terms 5 Additional Terms 6 References

More Specific Terms

• Coccidioides immitis Ab in serum

Indications

• evaluation of coccidioidomycosis

Clinical-significance

• Coccidioides serology with complement fixation

• useful for assessing extent & prognosis (in contrast to histoplasmosis & blastomycosis)
• antibodies detected 2-6 weeks after infection
• higher titers increase probability of disseminated disease
• rising titers suggest poor outcome

• rapid serologic tests may be useful for screening

• latex agglutination
• immunodiffusion

More General Terms

• serology

Additional Terms

• coccidioidomycosis

References

CPT

Coccidioides antibody in serum