TABLE 3.
Characteristics of cases positive for antibodies against Aspergillus fumigatus or Aspergillus flavus
| Patient no. | Sex | Age (yr) | No. of hemoptysis episodes in the past | Volb of hemoptysis blood (ml) | Hemoglobin (g/dl) | Diagnosis |
Aspergillus antibody presenta (OD)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. fumigatus | A. flavus | |||||||
| 1 | F | 75 | 1 | 250 | 10.8 | Old tuberculosis | − | + (0.389) |
| 2 | F | 61 | 0 | 1,000 | 10.7 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (0.694) |
| 3 | M | 46 | 2 | 150 | 14.7 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (1.370) |
| 4 | F | 72 | 1 | 880 | 9.1 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (0.791) |
| 5 | M | 75 | 0 | 250 | 12.2 | Bronchiectasis | + (0.464) | − |
| 6 | F | 67 | 6 | 100 | 11.0 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (0.312) |
| 7 | M | 78 | 4 | 600 | 11.0 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (0.572) |
| 8 | M | 67 | 3 | 20 | 13.1 | Bronchiectasis | − | + (0.417) |
| 9 | M | 62 | 0 | 10 | 12.9 | Old tuberculosis | − | + (0.482) |
| 10 | M | 69 | 0 | 50 | 10.0 | Old tuberculosis | + (0.694) | − |
a
The optical density (OD) cutoff values for the Afmplp-based and Aflmplp-based ELISAs were 0.219 and 0.263, respectively.