Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the 120 patients from whom respiratory samples were collected.

Characteristic	Value
Age, median (range), Yrs.	58.5 (22, 94)
Gender, male, No. (%)	64 (53.3)
Underlying condition, No. (%)
–Solid organ transplantation	59 (49.2)
–Solid malignancy	26 (21.7)
–Hematological malignancy	21 (17.5)
–Other underlying disease needing long-term corticosteroids therapy or immunosuppressive therapy	12 (10.0)
–HIV CD4 < 200/mm3	2 (1.7)
Type of solid organ transplant, No. (%)
–Lung	23 (19.2)
–Kidney	19 (15.8)
–Liver	7 (5.8)
–Heart	7 (5.8)
–Combined*	3 (2.5)
* Lung + kidney, lung + heart, kidney + liver