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Table 1.

Comparison between Galactomannan Antigen (GAL) and (1-3) Beta-D-glucan (BGD) in Presumptive Diagnosis of Fungal Infections

Haematological malignancies	IFI	Sera tested / value detected					Sera tested / value detected
		GAL					BGD
		1^st week	2^nd week	3^rd week	4^th week	SD	1^stweek	2^nd week	3^rd week	4^th week	SD
	Proven IA
AML	patient 7	0.503^*	1.054	0,577	0,456	608,228985	324^*	274	176	7	135,06418
AML	patient 4	0,98	1,068	0,807^*	0.503	0,50819372	171	180	66^*	7	122,32947
AML	Patient 24	0.06	0.133^*	0.06	0.274	0,13160043	186	70^*	65	54	7,7781746
	Proven IC
ABMT	patient 1	0,535	0,77^*	1	2	0,70710678	109	53^*	83	85	1,4142136
AML	patient 6	0,3	0,766	1,219^*	0.423	0,33393118	214	301	387^*	159	100,40916
AML	patient 13	0.554^*	0,545	0.389	0.152	0,22201641	89^*	114	62	<7	36,769553
	Probable IA
ABMT	patient 3	0,863	0,732	0.766	0.4	0,37678567	338	141	37	7	70,323064
AML	patient 8	0,514	0,77	0,429	0.084	0,24112341	116	28	7	7	12,124356
AML	Patient 5	0.766	0.5	0.501	-	0,243559	214	266	85	-	127,98633
NHL	patient 9	0,599	0,8	0.514	-	0,31328759	109	103	11	-	65,053824
NHL	patient 10	0,814	0,611	1,229	-	0,43699199	152	249	287	-	26,870058
AML	patient 2	0,637	0,538	1,005	0.736	0,27771035	147	523	159	47	248,86944
AML	patient 11	0,460	0,617	0.06	-	0,43333861	408	171	43	-	90,509668
AML	patient 12	0,410	0,41	0.098	0.06	0,2869675	532	71	52	20	25,774665
AML	patient 14	0,051	0,887	0.599	0.2	0,44310524	199	66	59	7	32,233523
AML	patient 15	0,66	0,62	0,06		0,3959798	146	186	54		93,338095
AML	patient 16	0,587	0.288	0.204	0.553	0,12649632	82	83	124	161	39,01709
AML	patient 17	0,767	0.056	0.118	0.179	0,02995383	84	82	77	61	10,969655
AML	patient 18	0,859	0.404	0.125	0.026	0,13700194	124	70	56	62	7,0237692
ABMT	patient 19	0,583	0.278	0.474	0.11	0,16139273	394	388	301	287	54,720502
MM	patient 20	1,172	0,523	0,06	-	0,32739044	114	62	<7	-	38,890873
AML	patient 21	0,913	0,424	0,233	-	0,1350574	523	7	7	-	297.91
MM	patient 22	0,613	0,5	0,3	-	0,14142136	180	24	<7	-	12,020815
AML	patient 23	0,859	0,5	0,423	-	0,05444722	124	79	70	-	6,363961

Legend for Table 1:

indicate the time of positive culture for Aspergillus/Candida

AML: acute myeloid leukemia; NHL: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; ABMT: autologous bone marrow transplant; MM: multiple myeloma

SD: standard deviation