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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with anti-GM-CSF autoantibodies

From: Neutralizing GM-CSF autoantibodies in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, cryptococcal meningitis and severe nocardiosis

 

N

Sex

F/M

Seen in NIH

Age at sampling (years)

Median [range]

Anti-GM-CSF aB level

(MMAU)

Mean ±SD

 

PAP alone

15

9/6

11/15

48.1 [30.3–66.4]

495±464

6 Rituximab

2 Lung transplant

Cryptococcus infection alone

15

10/5

5/15

35.4 [20.4–75]

197±159

4 C neoformans

6 C. gattii

5 undetermined 

Nocardia infection alone

5

2/3

3/5

52.3 [43.7–62.4]

430±493

1 lung only

4 lung +brain 

PAP+ cryptococcus infection

3

1/2 

3

21/44/51

 

2 C. neoformans

1 C. gattii

PAP+ Nocardia infection

2

0/2

1

44/NA

  

Crypto + Nocardia infection

1

1/0

0

60

  
  1. PAP Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, NA Not available