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. 2011 Oct;49(10):3498–3503. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01159-11

Table 3.

Diagnoses of the 10 patients, clinical samples with isolation of Aspergillus fumigatus, and number of different genotypes founda

Patient Diagnosis No. of days of admission to unit Clinical samples
Source No. No. of different genotypes Genotype matching environmental genotype
1 Proven surgical wound IAb 31 Surgical wound (n = 8), bone biopsy specimen 9 2 Yes
2 Probable pulmonary IA 33 Bronchial aspirate (n = 4), protected brush catheter 5 1 No
3 Pulmonary colonization 10 Bronchial aspirate 3 4 No
4 Pulmonary colonization 18 Bronchial aspirate 1 2 No
5 Probable pulmonary IA 12 Bronchial aspirate 4 3 Yes
6 Pulmonary colonization 34 Bronchial aspirate 1 1 No
7 Probable pulmonary IA 79 Bronchial aspirate 3 2 Yes
8 Probable pulmonary IA 5 Sputum (n = 3), bronchial aspirate, protected brush catheter 5 3 No
9 Proven surgical wound IA 83 Surgical wound 3 3 No
10 Surgical wound colonization 50 Surgical wound 1 1 No
a

The presence of matches between environmental and clinical genotypes is also shown. Patients with proven/probable invasive aspergillosis are highlighted with shading.

b

IA, invasive aspergillosis.