Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Research
Coccidioidal Pneumonia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2000–2004
Table 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 |
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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 |
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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.