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. 2013 Oct 23;42(1):141–151. doi: 10.1007/s15010-013-0539-3

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of 232 enrolled patients

Underlying disease/condition No. %
Hematological patients 113 48.7
 Hematological malignancya
  AML 63 55.7
  ALL 19 16.8
  NHL 12 10.6
  CLL 8 7.1
  MM 8 7.1
  CML 2 1.8
  HD 1 0.9
Non-hematological patients 119 51.3
 Lung disease 28 23.5
  COPD 13 76.4
  Tuberculosis 9 32.1
  Cystic fibrosis 2 7.1
  Idiopathic fibrosis 2 7.1
  Pulmonary emphysema 1 3.6
  Pleuritis 1 3.6
 Solid cancer 20 16.8
  Lung 9 45.0
  Intestine 5 25.0
  Brain 3 15.0
  Liver 1 5.0
  Mouth 1 5.0
  Heart 1 5.0
 Organ transplantation 14 11.7
  Lung 5 35.7
  Kidney 5 35.7
  Liver 4 28.6
 Trauma 13 10.9
 Surgery 9 7.6
 Diabetes 8 6.7
 HIV/AIDS 8 6.7
 Autoimmune disorder 7 5.9
 Cirrhosis 4 3.4
 Burn 3 2.5
 Renal disease 2 1.7
 Otherb 3 2.5

AML acute myeloid leukemia, ALL acute lymphoid leukemia, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukemia, CML chronic myeloid leukemia, NHL non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, HD Hodgkin’s disease, MM multiple myeloma, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

aThirty-one patients underwent transplantation are included in this group

bAplastic anemia (n = 1); chronic granulomatous disease (n = 1); no risk factor (n = 1)