Table 1.
Risk of invasive aspergillosis among patients admitted to the intensive care unit by Meersseman et al. [6]
| High-risk category |
| Neutropenia (neutrophil count, !500 neutrophils/mm3) |
| Hematological malignancy |
| Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation |
| Intermediate-risk category |
| Prolonged treatment with corticosteroids before admission to the ICU |
| Autologous bone marrow transplantation |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| Liver cirrhosis with a duration of stay in the ICU > 7 days |
| Solid-organ cancer HIV infection |
| Lung transplantation |
| Systemic diseases requiring immunosuppressive therapy |
| Low-risk category |
| Severe burns |
| Other solid-organ transplant recipients (e.g., heart, kidney, or liver transplant recipients) |
| Steroid treatment with a duration of < 7 days |
| Prolonged stay in the ICU (> 21 days) |
| Malnutrition |
| Post-cardiac surgery status |