2. Academic Validation
  3. Evaluation of the IMMY ALPHA Histoplasma antigen enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of histoplasmosis marked by antigenuria

Evaluation of the IMMY ALPHA Histoplasma antigen enzyme immunoassay for diagnosis of histoplasmosis marked by antigenuria

  • Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2007 Jun;14(6):802-3. doi: 10.1128/CVI.00035-07.
Ann LeMonte 1,  Lindsey Egan,  Patricia Connolly,  Michelle Durkin,  L Joseph Wheat
Affiliations

Affiliation

  • 1 MiraVista Diagnostics and MiraBella Technologies, 4444 Decatur Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46241, USA. [email protected]
PMID: 17409220 DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00035-07
Abstract

The sensitivity of detection of antigenuria in patients positive by the MiraVista Diagnostics Histoplasma Enzyme immunoassay (MVD EIA) was 44% with the IMMY ALPHA Histoplasma antigen EIA. The specificity was 84% with the IMMY EIA versus 98% with the MVD EIA. The correlation between assays for positive cases was weak (r(2) = 0.430).

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