TABLE 1.

Classification of infection

Type of infection	Definition
Definitely disseminated	A culture positive for Fusarium from at least two noncontiguous organs or from one organ and from blood, or two positive blood cultures
Probably disseminated	One culture positive for Fusarium from blood or from one internal organ
Definitely locally invasive	Histological evidence of invasion confirmed by a positive culture from the same site
Probably locally invasive	Pertinent clinical symptoms without histological evidence of invasion associated with isolation of Fusarium on two different days from one nonsterile site or once from a sterile site
Superficial	Pertinent clinical symptoms associated with single Fusarium isolation from a nonsterile site