Bifidobacterial lipoglycan as a new cause for false-positive platelia Aspergillus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reactivity.
Mennink-Kersten MA, Ruegebrink D, Klont RR, Warris A, Gavini F, Op den Camp HJ, Verweij PE.
Mennink-Kersten MA, et al. Among authors: klont rr.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Aug;43(8):3925-31. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.8.3925-3931.2005.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005.
PMID: 16081932
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We previously hypothesized that a lipoglycan of Bifidobacterium bifidum subsp. pennsylvanicum cross-reacts with the Platelia Aspergillus (PA) enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) based on the presence of galactofuranosyl epitopes in the cell wall (M. A. S. H. Mennink-Kersten …
We previously hypothesized that a lipoglycan of Bifidobacterium bifidum subsp. pennsylvanicum cross-reacts with the Platelia Aspergillus (PA …