CANDIDIN IN IMMEDIATE HYPERSENSITIVITY - COMPARISON OF 2 ANTIGENS

One hundred outpatients in a Clinic of Allergy were submitted to intra dermic tests with two types of candidins. The main focus of the resear ch was the comparison of two antigens obtained from the same strains o f Candida albicans: one a suspension of yeast cells and the other, a p olysaccharide. The readings, taken 20 minutes after the intradermic in jections, with positive results were considered as hypersensitivity of the immediate type. Positive results were obtained in 74% of the pati ents with the yeast cell antigen and in 73% with the polysaccharide an tigen. This research mainly deals with the advantages that can be obta ined by using the polysaccharide antigen in intradermic tests for eval uating hypersensitivity of the immediate type.