Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Research
Coccidioidal Pneumonia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2000–2004
Michelle M. Kim1, Janis E. Blair
, Elizabeth J. Carey, Qing Wu, and Jerry D. Smilack
, Elizabeth J. Carey, Qing Wu, and Jerry D. SmilackTable 1
Serologic test results for Coccidioides spp. in 59 patients, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2000–2004*
| No. patients | First serologic result |
Second serologic result |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EIA IgM | EIA IgG | ID | CF | EIA IgM | EIA IgG | ID | CF | CF titer | ||
| Negative serologic results: completed 2 tests | ||||||||||
| 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 5 | ND | ND | – | – | ND | ND | – | – | ||
| 3 | ND | ND | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 6 | – | – | ND | ND | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1 | – | – | – | – | ND | ND | – | – | ||
| 1 | – | – | ND | ND | – | – | ND | ND | ||
| 1 | – | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | – | – | ||
| 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
ND |
ND |
||
| Negative serologic results: completed 1 test | ||||||||||
| 10 | ND | ND | – | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||
| 4 | – | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||
| 6 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
ND |
ND |
ND |
ND |
||
| Positive serologic results: completed 2 tests | ||||||||||
| 2 | – | – | – | – | + | – | + | – | ||
| 1 | ND | ND | – | – | + | – | + | + | 4 | |
| 1 | ND | ND | – | – | – | + | – | – | ||
| 1 | ND | ND | – | – | – | – | + | – | ||
| 1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
+ |
+ |
+ |
16 |
|
| Positive serologic results: completed 1 test | ||||||||||
| 3 | + | – | – | – | ND | ND | ND | ND | ||
| 1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | – | – | – | + | 2 | |
*EIA, enzyme immunoassay; Ig, immunoglobulin; ID, immunodiffusion; CF, complement fixation; ND, not done; –, negative test result; +, positive test result.
