Diagnostic Tests for Some Fungal Pathogens

Diagnostic Tests for Some Fungal Pathogens

Microorganism

Microscopy

Culture

NAAT

Antigen Detection

Antibody Detection

Aspergillus species

Blastomyces species

Candida species

Coccidioides species

Cryptococcus neoformans

Dermatophytes

Histoplasma capsulatum

Malassezia species

Mucorales species

Pneumocystis jirovecii

Sporothrix species

NAAT = nucleic acid amplification test.

Adapted from Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2020.

NAAT = nucleic acid amplification test.

Adapted from Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ: Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th Edition. Philadelphia, Elsevier, 2020.