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. 2019 Feb 18;9:31. doi: 10.1186/s13613-019-0502-2

Table 5.

Serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan and 1,3-β-d-glucan in patients categorised as having proven and putative aspergillosis or Aspergillus colonisation

All Proven/putative aspergillosis (n = 17) Aspergillus colonisation (n = 43) p value
Positive serum galactomannan 14/42 10/12 (83%) 4/30 (13%) < 0.001
Positive BAL galactomannan 3/11 3/5 (60%) 0/6 (0%) 0.06
Serum 1,3-β-d-glucan > 80 pg/ml 12/23 6/8 (75%) 6/13 (46%) 0.36

Numbers of patients with a positive measurement/numbers of patients with measurement performed