Team:Goettingen/project overview/current tools
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Project
Background
Current diagnostic tools
The diagnostic methods employed to diagnose fungal infections vary in performance and depend on the patient symptoms. The following table is a reproduction of the one presented at the Fungal Infection Thrust.
Fungal infection | Diagnostic technique | |||||
Microscopy | Agar culture | Xrays/scans | Antigen | Blood antibody | DNA detection | |
Thrush | +++ | +++ | - | - | - | - |
Candida bloodstream | - | +++ | + | + | + | +++ |
Candida abdominal | + | +++ | + | - | - | - |
Cryptococcal meningitis | ++ | +++ | + | +++ | - | - |
Invasive aspergillosis | + | + | +++ | ++ | - | ++ |
Chronic aspergillosis | + | + | +++ | - | +++ | ++ |
Allergic aspergillosis | + | + | ++ | - | +++ | + |
Coccidioidomycosis | + | ++ | ++ | - | +++ | - |
Histoplasmosis | + | ++ | + | ++ | - | - |
Zygomycosis | +++ | + | ++ | - | - | - |
Resource: http://www.fungalinfectiontrust.org/diagnosis.htm