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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Microbiol Infect. 2012 Mar 8;18(5):E122–E127. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03777.x

Table 1.

Demographics and host factors in patients with ≥2 BG values.

Invasive
Aspergillosis
N(%)
Invasive
Candidiasis
N(%)
Pneumocystis jirovecii
Pneumonia
N(%)
N 69 40 18
Age, yearsa 54 (53, 64; 19, 79) 54 (42, 63; 19, 67) 53 (46, 60; 23, 82)
Female 29 (42) 12 (30) 9 (50)
Prolonged corticosteroidsb 33 (48) 6 (15) 6 (33)
T-cell immunosuppressantsb 35 (51) 28 (70) 12 (67)
High-risk neutropeniab 24 (35) 18 (45) 0 (0)
Allogeneic HSCTc 25 (36) 6 (15) 2 (11)
Grade III-IV acute GVHDd 4 (6) 0 (0) 0 (0)
a

Median, interquartile range, range

b

As defined by EORTC/MSG IFD diagnostic criteria(7)

c

HSCT: hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

d

GVHD: graft-versus-host disease