Specific recognition of purified Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase from Aspergillus fumigatus by immune human sera

Abstract

Sera from 22 (84.6%) of 26 patients with confirmed Aspergillus infections recognized a purified Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase from A. fumigatus on Western blots (immunoblots). Sera from 32 (71%) of 45 patients with suspected Aspergillus infections were reactive to the superoxide dismutase. Normal human sera and sera from patients with other infections were unreactive.