TABLE 2.
Antibody cross-reactions to diagnostic immunoblots for bartonellosis prepared by sonication or glycine extraction of B. bacilliformis antigen
| Method | Resultsa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSD
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Brucellosis
|
Q fever
|
Chlamydiosis
|
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| + | − | CR (%) | Mexican sera
|
French sera
|
Total Brucella CR (%) | + | − | CR (%) | + | − | CR (%) | |||||
| + | − | CR (%) | + | − | CR (%) | |||||||||||
| Sonication | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 5 |
| Glycine | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 55 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
a
Results with the indicated potential cross-reacting antibodies. CSD, cat scratch disease; +, positive; −, negative; CR, cross-reaction.