Table 1.
Aspergillus PCR results according to sputum culture results (n = 119).
| Culture results | Positive Aspergillus PCR assay results n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Af mito PCR | 28S PCR | Mycogenie® PCR | Aspergenius® Af PCR | Aspergenius® Asp sp. PCR | |
| All (n = 119) | 65 (54.6) | 68 (57.1) | 64 (53.8) | 57 (47.9) | 64 (53.8) |
| Positive culture for Aspergillus | |||||
| A. fumigatus (n = 42) | 37 (88.1) | 38 (90.5) | 31 (73.8) | 33 (78.6) | 35 (83.3) |
| Non-fumigatus Aspergillus speciesa (n = 5) | 2b (40.0) | 2b (40.0) | 2b (40.0) | 2b (40.0) | 3b,c (60.0) |
| Positive culture for other moldsd (n = 19) | 2e (10.5) | 3e (15.8) | 3e (15.8) | 1e (5.3) | 2f (10.5) |
| Negative culture g (n = 55) | 26 (47.3) | 27 (49.1) | 30 (53.6) | 23 (41.8) | 26 (43.3) |
aA. nidulans (n = 1), A. versicolor (n = 1), Aspergillus sp. (n = 1), A. terreus (n = 1), A. flavus (n = 1). bSamples grown simultaneously with A. fumigatus and flavus (n = 1), A. fumigatus and A. terreus (n = 1). cA. nidulans (n = 1). dScedosporium sp. (n = 6); Penicillium sp. (n = 8); Rasamsonia argillacea (n = 2); dematiaceous molds (n = 2); unidentified mold (n = 1). eAll were Scedosporium sp.. fScedosporium sp. (n = 1), Penicillium (n = 1) gYeasts were not taken into account. PCR, polymerase chain reaction.