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. 2014 Apr;52(4):1168–1176. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02895-13

TABLE 2.

Mrt-PCR results for clinical samples from patients with proven opportunistic fungal pneumonia

Patient no. Proven infection Sample PCR result Cp(s) Amt of DNAc
1 Histoplasmosis BAL Positive 27.54 7 × 10−3
2 Histoplasmosis Bone marrow Negative
Blood Positive 29.46 1 × 10−3, 8 × 10−3
3a Histoplasmosis Bronchiaspirate Positive 29.18, 28.8b 2.2 × 10−3, 3.37 log10
4 Histoplasmosis Bone marrow Positive 29.33 1.9 × 10−3
Serum Negative
5 Histoplasmosis Blood Positive 29.53 1.7 × 10−3
BAL Positive 29 2.5 × 10−3
6 Histoplasmosis Biopsy Positive 27.2 8.9 × 10−3
7 Histoplasmosis Biopsy Positive 29.3 2 × 10−3
8 Cryptococcosis Blood Positive 40.97 2.5 × 10−3
9 Cryptococcosis Biopsy Negative
10 PCP BAL Positive 27.5 5 × 102 log10
11 PCP BAL Positive 36.75 1.42 log10
12 PCP BAL Positive 29.93 1 × 102 log10
13 PCP BAL Positive 27.7 4.4 × 102 log10
14 PCP BAL Positive 27.51 5 × 102 log10
15 PCP BAL Positive 25.61 1.7 × 103 log10
16 PCP BAL Positive 33.28 12 log10
17 PCP BAL Positive 33.05 14 log10
18 PCP BAL Positive 32.92 16 log10
19 PCP BAL Positive 33.16 13 log10
20 PCP BAL Positive 33.15 14 log10
21 PCP BAL Positive 33.83 9 log10
22 PCP BAL Positive 33.57 10 log10
23 PCP BAL Positive 33.37 12 log10
24 PCP BAL Positive 32.44 22 log10
25 PCP BAL Positive 33.22 13 log10
26 Cryptococcosis BAL Positive 28.12 8.6 × 10−3
27 Cryptococcosis BAL Positive 28.94 5.1 × 10−3
28 Histoplasmosis Biopsy Positive 19.35 2.1 × 10−3
29 Histoplasmosis Biopsy Positive 27.14 9.3 × 10−3
30 Histoplasmosis Sputum Positive 25.46 3 × 10−2
31 Histoplasmosis Sputum Positive 26.45 1.5 × 10−2
32 Histoplasmosis Sputum Positive 26.79 1.1 × 10−2
33 Histoplasmosis Serum Positive 26.97 1 × 10−2
34 Histoplasmosis Bone marrow Negative
35 Cryptococcosis BAL Positive 26.9 1.8 ×10−2
36 PCP BAL Positive 28.02 3.65 × 102 log10
37 PCP BAL Positive 27.69 4.50 × 102 log10
38 PCP BAL Positive 27.26 5.9 × 102 log10
39 PCP BAL Positive 25.28 2 × 103 log10
40 PCP BAL Positive 26.7 8.410 × 102 log10
a

Patient number 3 showed a mixed infection with Histoplasma capsulatum and Pneumocystis jirovecii.

b

The first and second Cps correspond to H. capsulatum and P. jirovecii, respectively.

c

Values shown are in ng/μl except where specified as “log10,” indicating log10 numbers of copies/μl.