Table 3.
Results of Aspergillus PCR after 14 days of antifungal therapy related to day 30 and day 90 outcome
| Aspergillus PCR result in serum sampled between days 14 and 20 | Outcome at day 30 |
Outcome at day 90 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive | Dead | p | Alive | Dead | p | |
| Positive | 1 | 4 | <0.005 | 0 | 5 | <0.05 |
| Negativea | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 | ||
All patients had positive PCR result at time of diagnosis and had at least one serum sample taken between 14 and 20 days after initiation of targeted antifungal treatment and tested for PCR; p value was determined by Fisher's exact test.
a
One patient who cleared more than 99% of the initial load was considered negative.