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Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Causes Blastomyces and Histoplasma Antigenemia
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Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Causes Blastomyces and Histoplasma Antigenemia

Amrit Kaur, Michael Eberlein, Julia Klesney-Tait, Michelle M Durkin, L Joseph Wheat and Kiran Gajurel
Open forum infectious diseases, Vol.6(5), pp.ofz165-ofz165
03/28/2019
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz165
PMCID: PMC6499897
PMID: 31065562
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz165View
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Abstract

Rabbit antithymocyte globulin (rATG) is known to yield false-positive Histoplasma antigenemia. The fourth generation MiraVista Histoplasma antigen assay was modified to block this effect (MiraVista Diagnostics, Indianapolis, Indiana). We report a case of rATG-induced false-positive Blastomyces and Histoplasma antigenemia in a lung transplant recipient despite modifications of these antigen assays.
antithymocyte globulin Blastomyces Brief Report Histoplasma human anti-rabbit antibody transplant

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