Table 1.

Characteristics of some cases with colonisation or infection caused by Aspergillus lentulus in the literature

Underlying disease	Infection/Colonisation	Immunosuppressive therapy history	Isolation sample	Reference
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	Exacerbation of COPD	Yes	Bronchial aspirate	Alhambra et al. (3)
4 haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients	Invasive aspergillosis	No data	Not data	Balajee et al. (9)
Arterial hypertension and end-stage chronic kidney disease	Pneumonia	Yes	Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL)	Montenegro et al. (8)
Cystic fibrosis	Colonisation of the airways	No	Sputum	Symoens et al. (13)
Heart transplantation for ischaemic cardiomyopathy	Pneumonia	Yes	1 BAL, 1 sputum, and 2 tracheal bronchial secretions	Zbinden et al. (14)
Renal transplant recipient	Pneumonia	Yes	Sputum	The present study