Successful treatment of Chlamydophila pneumoniae acute respiratory distress syndrome with extracorporeal membrane oxygenator: a case report and diagnostic review

Table 1 Comparison of antibody kinetics using different techniques

Test (units)	Day one	Day 13	Day 23
MIF-IgG^a (titer)	1/512	1/2048	1/4096
MIF-IgM^b(titer)	< 1/10	< 1/10	< 1/10
MOMP-IgG^c (AU/mL)	102	478	> 500
LPS-IgG^d (index)	1.5	6.8	9.4
LPS-IgA^e (index)	< 0.9	2.8	1.3

^aMIF-IgG (Focus Diagnostics): + when > 1/512 or a four-fold rise in titer in consecutive sera; ^bMIF-IgM (Focus Diagnostics): < 1/16 = negative; ^cMOMP-IgG (C. pneumoniae IgG-ELISA plus medac): + when ≥ 28 AU/mL; ^dLPS-IgG (C. pneumoniae IgG- rELISA medac): + when index ≥ 1,1; ^eLPS-IgA (C. pneumoniae IgA- rELISA medac): + when index ≥ 1,5; doubtful: index 0.9-1.4.

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