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Fig. 5 | Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Fig. 5

From: Negative serum (1,3) -β-D-glucan has a low power to exclude Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in HIV-uninfected patients with positive qPCR

Fig. 5

Odds ratios of PJP versus P. jirovecii-colonization with different characteristics in the whole cohort and Autoimmune or inflammatory disorders subgroup. (A) In the whole cohort, Odds ratios of PJP versus P. jirovecii-colonization elevated significantly when proportion of CD4+ T cells in T cells < 30%, proportion of CD8+ T cells in T cells > 40%, lymphocyte counts < 1.0×109/L, ESR > 15 mm/h, CD4+T/ CD8+T < 1.4 or > 2.0, CRP > 10 mg/L, proportion of B cells in lymphocytes < 9% and treatment with glucocorticoids within 2 weeks. From top to bottom, the odds ratios are arranged from small to large. (B) In the autoimmune or inflammatory disorders subgroup, odds ratios of PJP versus P. jirovecii-colonization elevated magnificently when ESR > 15 mm/h, CRP > 10 mg/L. (C) For subjects without autoimmune or inflammatory disorders, odds ratios of PJP versus P. jirovecii-colonization elevated magnificently when CD8+ T cells in T cells > 40%, CD4+T/ CD8+T < 1.4 or > 2.0, and treatment with glucocorticoids within 2 weeks. The p-values were calculated using Chi-square test and Fisher test

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