Table 3.
The diagnostic results of qPCR and EORTC/MSG criteria
|
Reference standard according to IA category |
qPCR (≥25copies/μL) |
Total |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| Positive |
|
|
22 |
| Proven |
4 |
0 |
|
| Probable |
16 |
2 |
|
| Negative |
|
|
64 |
| Possible |
7 |
12 |
|
| No IA |
10 |
35 |
|
| Total | 37 | 49 | 86 |
qPCR, real-time qualitative polymerase chain reaction; EORTC/MSG, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group; IA, invasive aspergillosis.