Serological follow-up of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis treated with itraconazole using Dot-blot, ELISA and Western-blot

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Rosana MARTINS, Sílvio MARQUES, Marino ALVES, Denise FECCHIO, Marcello F. de FRANCO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1997
• Subjects: aracoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Serology; Itraconazole; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sob’
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651997000500004; https://doaj.org/article/5b4e7b264f444efa8c2766c7c720d186

Twenty-seven mycologically proven cases of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) were treated with itraconazole (100-200 mg/day in month 1 and 100 mg/day until month 6-8) and evaluated clinically and serologically, up to 3.5 years post-therapy, using Dot-blot and ELISA for measuring the titers of IgG, IgA an...