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Table 2 Blood tests in Renal Transplant Patients with IgA or/and IgG antibodies to S. negevensis positive compared to those IgA or/and IgG antibodies negative

From: Seroprevalence of a “new” bacterium, Simkania negevensis, in renal transplant recipients and in hemodialysis patients

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patients

S. negevensis

Kruskal-Wallis, p-value

Negative

Positive

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Mean

Median

Min

Max

 

Hemoglobin

12.49

12.40

8

16

12.60

12.40

11

15

n.s.

GOT

16.87

16.00

6

53

14.25

14.50

9

18

n.s.

GPT

14.91

12.50

4

53

11.25

10.00

6

26

n.s.

ESR

19.95

15.00

2

63

30.40

34.00

8

51

n.s.

CRP

1.54

0.77

0.2

9.6

1.4

0.9

0.2

8.9

n.s.

Leukocytes

6.43

6.04

2

13

7.54

7.29

6

11

0.043

Neutrophils

3.79

3.54

1

9

4.75

4.73

3

7

n.s.

Lymphocytes

1.80

1.68

1

4

1.87

1.47

1

4

n.s.

Monocytes

0.48

0.47

0.2

1

0.48

0.49

0.2

1

n.s.

Eosinophils

0.15

0.1

0.1

9.5

0.17

0.18

0.1

8.1

n.s.

  1. GOT glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (mg/dl), GPT glutamic pyruvic transaminase (mg/dl), ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive proteine (mg/l). Hemoglobin values are presented as g/dl. Leukocytes, Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes and Eosinophil values are presented as mg/dl