TABLE 1.

Antigen detection test results for patients with P. marneffei infection and controls

Patient group (no. of patients)	Median ELISA titer (range)a
Penicilliosis (33)	20,480 (1–327,680)
Other fungal infection (34)	0 (0–5,120)
Melioidosis (168)	0 (0–20)
Other septicemia (12)	1 (0–5,120)
Other bacterial infection (7)	0 (0–160)
Culture negative (27)	0 (0–10)
Normal healthy controls (52)	0 (0–1)

^aP < 0.001 for all comparisons with penicilliosis patients.