common antigen between candida albicans and salmonella C

ABSTRACT

Cross-reactivity between Candida albicans and Salmonella C1 has been reported. To investigate the nature of this common antigen, antibody against the surface antigens of both organisms was raised in rabbits. Double diffusion and electroimmunodiffusion tests showed that anti-Salmonella sera had antibody against the soluble antigens of C. albicans. Mannan was extracted from Salmonella montevideo [isolated from a patient in Shiraz], which gave lines of identity with mannan from C. albicans in a double diffusion test. We therefore believe that the common antigen of C. albicans and Salmonella C1 is the surface antigen mannan