TABLE 3.

Characteristics of patients with possible PCP^a according to onset of treatment

Characteristicb	Possible PCP (n = 41)		P value
	Treated (n = 32)	Untreatedc (n = 9)
Coinfection (n [%])	7 (22)	5 (56)	0.097
Other possible noninfectious etiology (n [%])	23 (72)	4 (44)	0.12
Typical imaging findings (n [%])	23 (72)	4 (44)	0.231
qPCR result (mean ± SEM) (CT)	34.8 ± 0.5	33.7 ± 1.3	0.404
Survival (n [%])	15 (47)	0 (0)	0.016d
Survival time (mean ± SEM) (days)	11 ± 1.7	8 ± 1.4	0.244

^aPCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia.

^bC_T, cycle threshold.

^cUnderlying risk factors consisted of 3 corticosteroid therapy cases, 4 hematological malignancies, 1 solid-organ transplant, and 1 solid cancer.

^dP < 0.05.