Patents Assigned to Fungea AB
  • Diagnosis of candidiasis and candidemia or invasive infection
    Patent number: 8318448
    Abstract: The use of an antibody to a C. albicans cell wall antigen or to a solubilized phosphopeptidomannan (PPM) fraction of the cell wall of C. albicans, or preferably a combination of an IgG2 antibody to a phosphopeptidomannan (PPM) fraction of the cell wall of C. albicans, and an IgG1 or IgG3 antibody to a C. albicans cell wall antigen in the diagnosis of candidiasis or invasive candidiasis is disclosed. Also diagnostic tests are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Fungea AB
    Inventors: Inger Mattsby-Baltzer, Nahid Kondori