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. 2009 Feb 10;58(3):227–231. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.01.004

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and detection results.

All (%) n = 128 (100) Group 1 (%) HIV-infected patients n = 50 (39.1) Group 2 (%) hematological malignancy n = 51 (39.8) Group 3 (%) immunosuppressive treatment n = 27 (21.1)
Age years
Median 49.5 41.5 55.0 57.0
Range 18–86 18–67 20–86 25–81



Sex male (%) 97 (75.8) 43 (86.0) 33 (64.7) 21 (77.7)



Pathogen (%)
Pneumocystis jirovecii 26 (20.3) 17 (34.0) 5 (9.8) 4 (14.8)
RSV 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
HBoV 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
HMPV 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0)
Influenza A 2 (1.3) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.7)
Influenza B 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Coronavirus 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
CMV 1 (0.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (2) 0 (0.0)
Bacteria 10 (7.8) 4 (8.0) 5 (9.8) 1 (3.7)
Fungi 5 (3.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (7.8) 1 (3.7)
Copathogen 1 (0.8) 1 (2.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
No pathogen 82 (64.1) 29 (58.0) 32 (62.7) 21 (77.7)