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. 2000 Nov;38(11):4000–4005. doi: 10.1128/jcm.38.11.4000-4005.2000

TABLE 5.

Relation between the titers in the Brucellacapt and Coombs anti-Brucella testsa

Brucellacapt titerb No. of samples with Coombs' anti-Brucella test titerb of:
0 40 80 160 320 640 1,280 2,560 5,120 Total
0 474 1 4 479
20 1 11 1
40 10 3
80 23 16 9 3
160 5 14 24 3 3 1
320 7 15 21 9 2
640 5 17 19 10 2
1,280 2 15 15 14 9
2,560 8 7 19 15 1
5,120 3 13 20 1
10,240 1 4 10 3 1
20,480 1 1
40,960 1 1 1 2
81,920 1 2
Total 503 884
a

Correlation coefficient for all results was 0.956 (P = 0.000). Correlation coefficient for titers of ≥1/160 (italic numbers) was 0.692 (P = 0.000). 

b

Inverse titer.