Table 3.
Dependence of Mab TEPC-15 reactivity on isolation origin and colony morphology of A. actinomycetemcomitans strains
| Reactivity with Mab TEPC-15 | All test strains | Rough-colony strains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral N (%) | Blood N (%) | Total N (%) | Oral N (%) | Blood N (%) | Total N (%) | |
| Positive | 21 (31.3) | 6 (22.2) | 27 (28.7) | 21 (35.0) | 6 (31.6) | 27 (34.2) |
| Negative | 46 (68.7) | 21 (77.8) | 67 (71.3) | 39 (65.0) | 13 (68.4) | 52 (65.8) |
| Total | 67 (100%) | 27 (100%) | 94 (100%) | 60 (100%) | 19 (100%) | 79 (100%) |
All strains P = 0.337, Chi-Square, df = 1; Rough-colony strains P = 0.784, Chi-Square, df = 1