Immunohistochemical identification of Trichosporon beigelii in histologic section by immunoperoxidase method

Am J Clin Pathol. 1988 Jan;89(1):100-5. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/89.1.100.

Abstract

An indirect immunoperoxidase method capable of identifying an opportunistic fungus, Trichosporon beigelii, in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue has been developed. The authors studied autopsy materials from 19 patients with various fungal infections, including 3 patients with disseminated T. beigelii infection, 8 patients with localized or systemic candidiasis, 4 patients with invasive aspergillosis, 2 patients with pulmonary mucormycosis, and 2 patients with systemic cryptococcosis. T. beigelii could be successfully visualized in tissue sections from all three patients with this infection and a patient with systemic candidiasis who was found to have concomitant infection by T. beigelii. The capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans was also stained, indicating the presence of cross-reactive antigen between T. beigelii and C. neoformans. C. neoformans-absorbed antiserum was reactive with T. beigelii but not with other fungi, including C. neoformans.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Fungal / immunology
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Candida albicans / immunology
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Immune Sera
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques*
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Mitosporic Fungi / isolation & purification*
  • Mycoses / diagnosis
  • Mycoses / microbiology
  • Mycoses / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Trichosporon / immunology
  • Trichosporon / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Fungal
  • Immune Sera