Table 4.
Number of treatments/number of total treatments (chemotherapy and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, respectively, percentage) in which a diagnostic test was performed at least once in order to detect invasive fungal infection.
| Diagnostic tool | Frankfurt | Münster | Vienna | Total | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galactomannan | |||||
| Chemotherapy | 16/59 (27) | 16/59 (27) | 8/93 (9) | 40/211 (19) | 0.003 |
| Allogeneic HSCT | 60/60 (100)∗ | 31/37 (84) | 41/41 (100) | 132/138 (96) | 0.0002 |
| CT∗∗ | 37/119 (31) | 52/96 (54) | 10/134 (7) | 99/349 (28) | <0.0001 |
| BAL∗∗ | 4/119 (3) | 4/96 (4) | 1/134 (1) | 9/349 (3) | ns |
| Biopsy∗∗ | 4/119 (3) | 2/96 (2) | 8/134 (6) | 14/349 (4) | ns |
∗Used as screening method. ∗∗Chemotherapeutic treatments and HSCT combined. HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; CT, computerized tomography; BAL, broncho-alveolar lavage.