Table 1.
Detection by the ID and LA tests of anti-P. brasiliensis antibodies in sera from patients with PCM or other mycoses and in sera from healthy individuals
| Patient group | No. of specimens with ID test result: |
Total no. of specimens | No. of specimens with LA test result: |
Total no. of specimens | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |||
| PCM | ||||||
| Acute | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Chronic | 41 | 4 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 45 |
| Unifocal | 19 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Multifocal | 22 | 1 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 23 |
| Histoplasmosis | 0 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Aspergillosis | 0 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| Nonfungal diseases | 0 | 49 | 49 | 11 | 38 | 49 |
| NHSa | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
a
χ2 = 42,759; P < 0.0001, PCM and NHS.