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Table 6 Combined serum and aqueous humor Leptospira titer results and the corresponding Leptospira c-value results

From: Intravitreal injection of low-dose gentamicin for the treatment of recurrent or persistent uveitis in horses: Preliminary results.

Titer

negative titer(s)

SINGLE SEROVAR positive titer (<  1:400)

MULTIPLE SEROVARS positive titers (1:100–1:400)

SINGLE SEROVAR positive titer (>  1:400)

MULTIPLE SEROVARS positive titers (>  1:400)

Serum (n = 80)

41 (51.3%)

20 (25.0%)

10 (12.5%)

6 (7.5%)

3 (3.8%)

Aqueous humor (n = 79)

49 (62.0%)

11 (13.9%)

1 (1.3%)

13 (16.5%)

5 (6.3%)

C-value(different serovars)

NO positive c-value

SINGLE positive c-value (less than 4)

MULTIPLE positive c-values (less than 4)

SINGLE positive c-value (greater than 4)

MULTIPLE positive c-values (greater than 4)

C-value (n = 79)

50 (63.3%)

12 (15.2%)

1 (1.3%)

11 (13.9%)

5 (6.3%)