Inactivated pronase as the cause of false-positive results of serum cryptococcal antigen tests

Authors
Stoeckli, TC Burman, WJ
Citation
Tc. Stoeckli et Wj. Burman, Inactivated pronase as the cause of false-positive results of serum cryptococcal antigen tests, CLIN INF D, 32(5), 2001, pp. 836-837
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
836 - 837
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20010301)32:5<836:IPATCO>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Four patients who had acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and who were evalu ated for headache within a 3-week period had false-positive results of seru m cryptococcal antigen tests. This cluster of false-positive test results a ppeared to be due to inactivation of the pronase vial in the test kit, a ca use that has not been reported previously.