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Distribution of patients with acute and chronic Q fever that showed specific autoantibodies (IgG isotype) by indirect immunofluorescence. |
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| Specific autoantibodies |
Acute Q fever (n = 24)(%) |
Chronic Q fever (n = 34)(%) |
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| ANA |
3(12.5) |
5(14.7) |
| dsDNA |
1(4.1) |
3(8.8) |
| ANCA |
3(12.5) |
4(11.8) |
| ASMA |
7(29.2)* |
9(26.5)* |
| PCA |
0 |
3(8.8) |
| CMA |
3(12.1)* |
13(38.3)# |
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| Total positive patients |
13(54.2) |
23(67.6) |
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ANA: Anti-nuclear antibodies; dsDNA: Anti-double strand DNA antibodies; ANCA: Anti-neutrophil antibodies; ASMA: Anti-smooth muscle antibodies; PCA: Anti-parietal cells antibodies; CMA: Anti-cardiac muscle antibodies. *: p < 0.05 as compared with healthy controls #: p < 0.05 as compared with acute Q fever patients and healthy controls | ||
Camacho et al. Journal of Autoimmune Diseases 2005 2:10 doi:10.1186/1740-2557-2-10 |
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