TABLE 1.
Patient no. | No. of days from onseta | IgM
|
IgG
|
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IFA resultb | EIA resultc | WB result | IFA result | EIA result | WB result | ||
1 | 2 | 80 (Ed) | 0.5 (Ne) | N | 80 (E) | 0.1 (N) | N |
47 | 160 (Pf) | 2.9 (P) | P | 160 (P) | 2.2 (P) | P | |
343 | 80 (E) | 1.2 (P) | P | 80 (E) | 1.0 (P) | P | |
2 | 2 | 80 (E) | 0.6 (N) | N | <80 (N) | 0.2 (N) | N |
31 | 640 (P) | 3.9 (P) | P | 320 (P) | 2.4 (P) | P | |
108 | 160 (P) | 2.2 (P) | P | 320 (P) | 1.4 (P) | P | |
3 | 1 | <80 (N) | 0.2 (N) | N | <80 (N) | 0.1 (N) | N |
21 | 160 (P) | 3.6 (P) | P | 160 (P) | 0.8 (E) | P | |
4 | 28 | NDg | 4.3 (P) | P | ND | 2.4 (P) | P |
182 | 1,280 (P) | 4.2 (P) | P | 5,120 (P) | 2.8 (P) | P | |
228 | ND | 1.3 (P) | P | ND | 3.2 (P) | P | |
5 | 15 | <80 (N) | 1.4 (P) | P | 160 (P) | 1.2 (P) | P |
6 | 5 | <80 (N) | 0.2 (N) | N | <80 (N) | 0.1 (N) | N |
150 | <80 (N) | 0.3 (N) | N | <80 (N) | 1.0 (P) | P |
Number of days following the onset of clinical ehrlichiosis.
Results are inverse of titer, with interpretation in parentheses.
Results are a ratio, with interpretation in parentheses.
E, equivocal.
N, negative.
P, positive.
ND, not determined.