Automatic Reading of ANCA-Slides: Evaluation of the AKLIDES System

Table 2

ANCA pattern recognition in sera containing BPI-ANCA or atypical ANCA.

	Visual score	AKLIDES	Concordance
BPI-ANCA (𝑛=9)	9 C-ANCA	6 negative, 3 ANA-dots	0/9 (0.0%)
Atypical ANCA (𝑛=22)	8 negative, 9 C-ANCA,; 5 atypical ANCA	18 negative, 2 C-ANCA, 1 P-ANCA,; 1 undetermined	10/22 (45.5%)

ANA: antinuclear antibodies; ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; BPI: bactericidal permeability-increasing protein.