Table 2.

Diagnostic workup data

Parameter	Results
Blood cultures	2/4 positive for Streptococcus pyogenes
Serology tests
Anti-HAV IgM	Negative
Anti-HCV	Negative
Anti-HBs	239 mIU/ml
HBsAg	Negative
CMV IgG/IgM	Positive/Negative
EBV IgG/IgM/EBNA	Positive/Negative/Positive
Coxiella burnetii	Negative
Rickettsia typhi	Negative
Rickettsia conorii	Negative
Sandfly virus IFA – IgM/IgG	Negative /Negative
Strongyloides stercoralis – ELISA	Positive
HTLV 1&2	Negative
Autoimmune panel
Mitochondrial antibody	Negative
Cardiolipin IgG/IgA	Negative/Negative
Antinuclear antibodies	Borderline
P-ANCA/C-ANCA	Negative
Parasitology tests
Stool for parasites	Larvae seen
Sputum for parasites	Negative
Urine for parasites	Larvae seen
Stool RT-PCR for Strongyloides stercoralis	Positive

anti-HBs hepatitis B surface antibody, C-ANCA cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, HAV hepatitis A virus, HBsAg hepatitis B surface antigen, HCV hepatitis C virus, CMV cytomegalovirus, EBNA EBV nuclear antigen, EBV Epstein–Barr virus, ELISA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, HTLV human T-lymphotropic virus, IFA immunofluorescence assay, Ig immunoglobulin, P-ANCA perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, PCR polymerase chain reaction, RT real time