Serum antiurease IgG positive/total volunteers* | Serum antiurease IgG titre median† (range) | Serum antiurease IgA positive/total volunteers* | Serum antiurease IgA titre median† (range) | |
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*Positive status defined as a fourfold increase from baseline. †Titres are expressed as fold change as compared with baseline. Positive results only. ‡One serum sample not available for analysis. | ||||
Group 1: Soluble urease, no LT | 0/6 | N/A | 1/6 | 4.7 |
Group 2: Soluble urease, 0.1 μg LT | 1/6 | 15.4 | 1/6 | 5.3 |
Group 3: Soluble urease, 0.5 μg LT | 1/6 | 4.2 | 0/6 | N/A |
Group 4: Soluble urease, 2.5 μg LT‡ | 2/5 | 58 (6.5–109.8) | 3/5 | 4.5 (4.1–28.3) |
Group 5: Urease capsule, no LT | 1/6 | 152 | 1/6 | 24.8 |
Group 6: Urease capsule, 0.1 μg LT | 1/6 | 7.3 | 1/6 | 9.9 |
Group 7: Urease capsule, 2.5 μg LT | 1/6 | 15.3 | 2/6 | 4.3 (4.2–4.4) |