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Table 4 Blood tests in all patients (RT patients + HD 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

HD and RT

patients

S. negevensis

Kruskal-Wallis, p-value

Negative

Positive

Mean

Median

Min

Max

Mean

Median

Min

Max

 

Hemoglobin

11.21

11.80

8

36.060

11.15

11.15

8

15

n.s.

GOT

17.04

15.00

4

140

13.53

13.00

6

29

n.s.

GPT

14.61

12.00

3

64

11.95

10.00

2

33

n.s.

ESR

29.84

25.00

2

84

42.73

39.00

8

101

0.037

CRP

0.59

0.30

0.1

3.6

1.05

0.33

0.1

6

n.s.

Leukocytes

6.39

6.09

2

14

7.98

7.29

3

23

0.038

Neutrophils

3.71

3.42

1

9

5.05

4.50

2

15

0.018

Lymphocytes

1.72

1.47

1

4

1.66

1.47

1

4

n.s.

Monocytes

0.47

0.45

0.1

1

0.45

0.45

0.1

1

n.s.

Eosinophils

0.25

0.14

0.1

9.5

0.23

0.18

0.1

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