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Human Precipitins against Common Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Fungi

Nature volume 184, pages 1328–1329 (1959)Cite this article

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THE demonstration in human sera of precipitating antibodies against common pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi is of interest for the study of fungal antigens and for the study in man of reactions of the Arthus type which are dependent upon the presence of precipitins. Reactions of this type have been reported1 in patients with precipitins against members of the Aspergillus genus. Certain of these sera also contained precipitins against Cladosporium herbarum and Penicillium notatum, and common antigens were demonstrated in them and in the Aspergillus genus.

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  1. Pepys, J., Riddell, R. W., Citron, K. M., Short, E. I., and Clayton, Y. M., Nature, 183, 296 (1959); Amer. Rev. Respir. Dis., 80, 167 (1959).

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  1. Institute of Diseases of the Chest, Brompton Hospital, London

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  2. the Institute of Dermatology, St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London

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PEPYS, J., RIDDELL, R. & CLAYTON, Y. Human Precipitins against Common Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Fungi. Nature 184, 1328–1329 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841328a0

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