Specimens types tested for macrocyclic trichothecenes from patients exposed to m

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Table 5.

Specimens types tested for macrocyclic trichothecenes from patients exposed to

molds and/or mycotoxins.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2680627/table/t5-ijms-10-01465/

Specimen types/ Negative Specimens/ Positive specimens & #8805; 2.0 ppb (ng/mL)/

Number of specimens tested

Urine 223 437 # 660

Nasal secretions (includes sputa, nasal washes, BAL) 39 24 63

Tissue 18 * 14 ** 32

Other 5^ 9^^ 14

Total: 285 475 769

Sixty-two percent of all positives show 0.2 & #8722; 1.0 ppb (ng/mL) in urine.

*Bladder (1), ovary (1), brain (3), muscle (3), bone marrow clot (1), sinus

biopsy (3), liver (3), and skin (3).

**Sinus (2), lung (7), brain (2), skin (1), liver (1), ovary (1).

^Spinal fluid (2), feces (1), breast milk (1), vaginal secretions (1).

^^Ear fluid (2), sputum (4), spinal fluid (1), BAL (1).

Int J Mol Sci. 2009 April; 10(4): 1465–1475.

Published online 2009 April 1. doi: 10.3390/ijms10041465.

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International, Basel, Switzerland.