Table 1.
BAL and serum GM antigen test results by BAL GM index and patient category
| BAL GM result | No. of BAL samples (GM-positive serum samples/no. of serum samples) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patient category |
Total | ||||
| CF | HAEM | PULM | ICU | ||
| Negative (GM index <0.5) | 3 (0/0) | 3 (0/3) | 10 (0/3) | 2 (0/0) | 18 (0/6) |
| Intermediate (GM index 0.5 to <3.0) | 13 (0/1) | 7 (1/7) | 12 (0/6) | 0 (0/0) | 32 (1/14) |
| subgroup classified as false positives | 1 (0/0) | 0 | 3 (0/2) | 0 | 4 (0/2) |
| subgroup classified as true positives | 12 (0/1) | 7 (1/7) | 9 (0/4) | 0 | 28 (1/12) |
| Positive (GM index ≥3) | 7 (0/2) | 12 (6/11) | 16 (4/8) | 9 (3/4) | 44 (13/25) |
| Total | 23 (0/3) | 22 (7/21) | 38 (4/17) | 11 (3/4) | 94 (14/45) |