Table 3.

Detailed characteristics of patients with a positive serology.

	Patients with positive serology and		Statistical significance
	Microscopy negative	Microscopy positive
	N = 21	N = 9
Demographic characteristics
Age, mean ± SD	35 ± 19	41 ± 18	ns
% of migrants	71% (15/21)	78% (7/9)	ns
Stool examination for Strongyloides larvae
% of patients with ≥ 3 stool examinations (n/N)	52% (11/21)	56% (5/9)	ns
% of patients with ≥ 1 Harada-Mori filter paper culture (n/N)	100% (21/21)	100% (9/9)	ns
% of patients with ≥ 1 Baermann concentration (n/N)	48% (10/21)	67% (6/9)	ns
Eosinophil counts (G/L, median (interquartile range))	0.47 (0.05;12.18)	1.32 (0.57;2.18)	*

ns: not significant, *p < 0.05.