Volume 9, Number 7—July 2003
Research
Amoeba-Resisting Bacteria and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Bernard La Scola*, Ioanna Boyadjiev*†, Gilbert Greub*, Atieh Khamis*, Claude Martin†, and Didier Raoult*†
Table 4
Definition of cutoff titers for positive serologic tests and 100% specificity according to antigen tested by using the 224 control serum samplesa
| Antigen | IgG | IgM |
|---|---|---|
| Legionella anisa |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| Bosea massiliensis |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| Rasbo bacterium |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| Bradyrhizobium liaoningense |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| L. quinlivanii |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| L. pneumophila |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| L. rubrilucens |
>1:200 |
>1:25 |
| L. worsleiensis |
>1:200 |
>1:25 |
| B. japonicum |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| Afipia broomeae |
>1:200 |
>1:25 |
| Bosea eneae |
>1:800 |
>1:25 |
| B. vestrisii |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| B. thiooxydans |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| Mesorhizobium amorphae |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| Azorhizobium caulinodans |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| Afipia felis |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| A. felis genospecies A |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| A. clevelandensis |
>1:100 |
>1:25 |
| A. birgiae |
>1:50 |
>1:25 |
| A. massiliae | >1:50 | >1:25 |
aIg, immunoglobulin.
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