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. 2015 Mar 18;53(4):1198–1203. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03175-14

TABLE 5.

Comparison of serial IMMY GM ASR and MVista EIA results for four patients

Serial test Quantitative results (ng/ml) (qualitative results)a
Patient 1b
Patient 2c
Patient 3d
Patient 4e
IMMY ASR MVista EIA IMMY ASR MVista EIA IMMY ASR MVista EIA IMMY ASR MVista EIA
1 0.24 (Ind.) 0.56 (Pos.) 9.66 (Pos.) 15.94 (Pos.) 1.45 (Pos.) 7.49 (Pos.) 0.6 (Pos.) 1.31 (Pos.)
2 0 (Neg.) ND 11.1 (Pos.) 14.03 (Pos.) 1.70 (Pos.) 10.2 (Pos.) 0.6 (Pos.) 1.35 (Pos.)
3 0 (Neg.) ND 4.51 (Pos.) 7.48 (Pos.)
a

Ind., indeterminate; Pos., positive; Neg. negative; ND, not detected; —, testing not performed.

b

Patient 1 was a 69-year-old man who was diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis in April 2013 and remained on itraconazole therapy; 3 months elapsed between serial tests 1 and 2, and 2 months elapsed between serial tests 2 and 3.

c

Patient 2 was a 62-year-old man who was diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis in October 2012 and remained on itraconazole therapy; 2 months elapsed between serial tests 1 and 2, and 2.5 months elapsed between serial tests 2 and 3.

d

Patient 3 was a 22-year-old man who was diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis in December 2011 and remained on voriconazole therapy; 3 months elapsed between serial tests 1 and 2.

e

Patient 4 was a 65-year-old man who was diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis in January 2013 and remained on itraconazole therapy; 2.5 months elapsed between serial tests 1 and 2.