Srinivasan Ashok, Kleiman Martin B, Debelenko Larisa, Stokes Dennis C, De Vincenzo John, Wheat Joseph L
Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 May;28(5):447-9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318193ecc1.
We report an infant with localized pulmonary histoplasmosis in whom Histoplasma antibody assays, quantitative Histoplasma urine and serum antigen concentrations, and histopathologic findings of a mediastinal mass were nondiagnostic. A provisional diagnosis of histoplasmosis was established by using laboratory methods that increase the sensitivity of the antigen assay using ultrafiltration of urine and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid/heat denaturation of serum proteins.
我们报告了一名患有局限性肺组织胞浆菌病的婴儿,其组织胞浆菌抗体检测、尿和血清中组织胞浆菌抗原定量浓度以及纵隔肿块的组织病理学检查结果均无法确诊。通过使用实验室方法建立了组织胞浆菌病的初步诊断,这些方法通过尿液超滤和血清蛋白的乙二胺四乙酸/热变性提高了抗原检测的灵敏度。