Table 1.

Patient’s test results for Trypanosoma cruzi infection: pre-transplant through 6 months of post-transplant follow-up

Date	IFA	ELISA	Culture	Slides	PCR (Ct value)
23 November 2010	Positive (1:512)	Positive (2.422)	NI	NI	NI
2 December 2010	Positive (1:256)	Positive (2.773)	Negative	Negative	Negative
9 December 2010	NI	NI	ND	ND	Equivocal (34)
14 December 2010	NI	NI	Negative	Negative	Positive (32)
30 December 2010	Positive (1:256)	Positive (2.205)	Negative	Negative	Positive (27)
10 February 2011	NI	NI	ND	ND	Negative
14 March 2011	Positive (1:256)	Positive (1.678)	Negative	Negative	Negative
6 June 2011	Positive (1:256)	Positive (1.12)	Negative	Negative	Negative

IFA, immunofluorescence assay; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; Ct value, quantitative output of fluorescence threshold; NI, not indicated; ND, not done.