TABLE 2.
Serological results for the three groups of patients
| Groupa (n) | Wright test
|
Coombs test
|
No. positive by the rose bengal test/total (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. with a score of ≥1:160/total (%) | Rangeb | No. with a score of ≥1:320/total (%) | Range | ||
| A (8) | 6/90 (7) | Neg-1:1,280 | 45/90 (50) | Neg-1:5,120 | 19/90 (21) |
| B (9) | 17/122 (14) | Neg-1:160 | 62/122 (51) | Neg-1:40,960 | 34/122 (28) |
| C (18) | 0/34 (0) | Neg-1:40 | 5/34 (15) | Neg-1:640 | 0/34 (0) |
a
Group A, focal-disease patients; group B, nonfocal-disease patients; group C, asymptomatic subjects.
b
Neg, negative.