TABLE 2.

PCR results in patients with probable aspergillosis and undergoing antifungal therapy

Patient no.	Age/sex	Underlying disease or causea	Outcome due to infection	Result ofd:
				Culture of BAL and/or TS	Microscopic examination	PCR		HRCTc	PCR before start of antifungal therapyb
						Bloodb	BAL or TS
1	25/M	AML	Dead	A. fumigatus	Not done	Neg	Pos	Pos	Not done
2	39/M	CLL	Alive	A. fumigatus	Pos	Pos (1)	Pos	Pos	Not done
3	77/M	MDS	Dead	A. terreus	Pos	Neg	Pos	Pos	Pos (2)
4	31/F	Solid tumor	Alive	A. fumigatus	Not done	Neg	Neg	Pos	Not done
5	65/M	Aplastic anemia	Dead	A. terreus	Pos	Pos (1)	Pos	Pos	Pos (1)
6	47/F	Organ transplantation	Dead	A. fumigatus	Not done	Pos (2)	Neg	Pos	Not done
7	51/M	Organ transplantation	Alive	A. terreus	Not done	Neg	Neg	Pos	Pos (2)
8	38/F	Organ transplantation	Alive	A. fumigatus	Pos	Pos (2)	Pos	Pos	Not done
9	28/F	ALL	Dead	A. terreus	Pos	Neg	Pos	Pos	Not done

^aAML, acute myeloid leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphoid leukemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; ALL, acute lymphoid leukemia.

^bValues in parentheses are numbers of positive PCR samples.

^cPositive high-resolution computer tomography results indicate findings consistent with invasive aspergillosis.

^dPos, positive; Neg, negative.