TABLE 4.
Patient no. | Length of fever before hospital arrival (day) | MAT titer(s) (serovar[s])b
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Culture-positive result
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Result of dot-ELISA performed on sample collected at day:
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1st | 2nd | Specimen(s)c | Day(s)d | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
1 | 6 | 1:200 (bratislava) | 1:400 (bangkok and ballico), 1:800 (new), 1:6,400 (bratislava) | Bl | 1 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 12 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | − | + | − | − | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Bl | 3 | − | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
4 | 4 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 14 | − | − | Bl | 1 | + | + | − | + | + | + | + |
6 | 2 | − | 0 | Bl | 4 | + | − | + | + | − | + | + |
7 | 5 | − | 1:1,600 (bratislava) | Bl | 1 | + | − | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
8 | 3 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | + | + | − | − | − | + | 0 |
9 | 4 | − | 1:1,600 (pyrogenes) | Bl | 1 | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | 1 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | + | − | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | 4 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | 2 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | − | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 5 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
14 | 3 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | − | 0 | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | 2 | − | 0 | Bl | 1 | − | 0 | + | + | + | + | + |
16 | 3 | 1:200 (bratislava) | 1:1,600 (bratislava) | Bl, CSF | 1 | − | − | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 4 | − | 1:400 (pyrogenes) | CSF | 1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | 0 |
18 | 8 | 1:200 (pyrogenes) | 1:400 (pyrogenes) | Bl, urine | 5, 13 | + | − | − | + | + | + | 0 |
19 | 7 | − | 0 | Bl, urine | 1, 1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
20 | 4 | 1:200 (hebdomadis), 1:400 (hyos), 1:1,600 (bratislava) | 1:3,200 (bratislava) | Urine | 7 | − | + | + | − | − | 0 | + |
21 | 3 | − | 0 | Urine | 5 | + | + | + | + | + | 0 | 0 |
22 | 6 | − | 1:1,600 (bratislava) | Urine | 3 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
23 | 7 | − | 1:100 (saigon), 1:200 (ballico and copenhageni), 1:400 (new and rachmati), 1:800 (autumnalis [Akiyami A]), 1:1,600 (bratislava) | Urine | 1, 10, 11 | + | + | + | + | + | 0 | + |
24 | 7 | − | − | Urine | 2, 6, 7 | − | + | + | + | + | + | + |
25 | 4 | 0 | 1:1,600 (bratislava) | Urine | 3 | + | + | + | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. positive/total no. tested | 4/23 | 10/12 | 25/25 | 16/25 | 17/23 | 18/23 | 16/19 | 12/15 | 10/10 | 9/9 | ||
% Positivity | 17.4 | 83.3 | 100 | 64.0 | 73.9 | 78.2 | 84.2 | 80.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
Cumulative positivity [no. (%)] | 4 (17.4) | 10 (83.3) | 25 (100) | 16 (64) | 21 (84) | 24 (96) | 25 (100) | 25 (100) | 25 (100) | 25 (100) |
+, positive result; −, negative result; 0, sample not available.
1st, first serum sample; 2nd, second serum sample.
Abbreviations: Bl, blood; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid.
Number of days after admission.