The detection of anti-Candida antibodies on experimental animal models

Folia Microbiol (Praha). 2003;48(4):555-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02931340.

Abstract

The levels of anti-Candida antibodies were determined in experimental animals immunized with 4 different yeast doses (0.3, 0.6, 1.2, 2.4 x 10(8) CFU) at weekly intervals. After immunization (sampling intervals 1, 2, and 3 months), the intravenous blood was examined for the presence of serum anti-Candida antibodies. After one month, the titers of anti-Candida antibodies reached 1:40-1: 1280 and remained at the same level after two months in the majority of animals; only in a few of them the titers increased or were detected de novo. After three months, when the animals were no longer immunized, a decreasing trend in antibody titers was detected in the majority of animals.

MeSH terms

  • Agglutination Tests
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Fungal / blood*
  • Antigens, Fungal / immunology*
  • Candida albicans / immunology*
  • Female
  • Immunization
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley

Substances

  • Antibodies, Fungal
  • Antigens, Fungal