TABLE 2.
Results of antibody and antigen testing for control populations
| Group or clinical diagnosis | No. of patients | No. of serum samples | No. of serum samples positive for the following:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannanemia of >0.5 ng/ml | Antimannan antibody titer of ≥10 AU | |||
| Healthy blood donors | 98 | 98 | 0 | 2 |
| ICU-hospitalized patients without invasive candidiasis | 23 | 93 | 1 (0.68)a | 6 |
| Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis | 12 | 22 | 1 (1.45) | 0 |
| Cryptococcosis | 13 | 13 | 1 (0.57) | 1 (10) |
| P. carinii pneumonia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
a
Values in parentheses are the titers observed for the same sample which was antigen positive.