TABLE 3.

Galactomannan and (1-3)-β-d-glucan test results for serum samples from patients with bacteremia

Variable	All (n = 60)	Gram-negative (n = 16)	Gram-positive (n = 44)	P
Galactomannan test				>0.99
No. (%) negative	59 (98)	16 (100)	43 (98)
No. (%) positive	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (2)
Median GM index value (range)	0.05 (0.00–0.68)	0.06 (0.00–0.21)	0.06 (0.05–0.68)	0.72
(1-3)-β-d-Glucan test				0.55
No. (%) negative	38 (63)	9 (56)	29 (66)
No. (%) positive	22 (37)	7 (44)	15 (34)
Median BG level (pg/ml [range])	54 (7–523)	66 (7–523)	45 (7–319)	0.23
GM test/BG test				0.66
No. (%) negative/negative	38 (63)	9 (56)	29(66)
No. (%) negative/positive	21 (35)	7 (44)	14 (32)
No. (%) positive/negative	1 (2)	0 (0)	1 (2)