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BAL GM index and culture result
| GM index | Culture |
Culture NDb | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. fumigatus | A. flavus | A. terreus | Penicillium sp. | negative | total (Aspergillus %a) | |||
| <0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 (0) | 11 | 18 |
| 0.5 to <3.0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 (50) | 16 | 32 |
| ≥3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25 (76) | 19 | 44 |
| Total | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 48 (60) | 46 | 94 |
aPercentage of positive Aspergillus culture.
bCulture not done at the SSI (see Table S1, available as Supplementary data at JAC Online).
