PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C McSharry
AU  - C Lewis
AU  - G Cruickshank
AU  - M D Richardson
TI  - Measurement of serum arabinitol by gas-liquid chromatography: limitations for detection of systemic candida infections.
AID  - 10.1136/jcp.46.5.475
DP  - 1993 May 01
TA  - Journal of Clinical Pathology
PG  - 475--476
VI  - 46
IP  - 5
4099  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/46/5/475.short
4100  - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/46/5/475.full
SO  - J Clin Pathol1993 May 01; 46
AB  - The measurement of serum arabinitol in the diagnosis of systemic candidosis was evaluated using a gas-liquid chromatography technique in a cohort of at risk patients. The prevalence of seropositivity was low and did not correlate with evidence of infection. This technique is unlikely to achieve acceptance because it does not discriminate between patients with and without infection; it requires specialised equipment and it is expensive.