Table 5.

Non-culture-based methods’ turnaround time depending on the unit.

	0–48 h	48 h–1 week	>1 week
Aspergillusgalactomannan	3/8	4/8	1/8
β-D-glucan	3/8	4/8	1/8
mannan	2/6 *	3/6 *	1/6 *
anti-mannan	2/5 *	2/5 *	1/5 *
antibodies against Aspergillus		4/5 *	1/5 *
Cryptococcus antigen (agglutination)	2/6 *	4/6 *
Cryptococcus antigen (lateral flow)	2/5 *	3/5 *
IFA for Pneumocystis jirovecii	2/6 *	4/6 *
Aspergillus PCR	2/8	6/8
Candida PCR	2/8	6/8
Cryptococcus PCR	2/6 *	4/6 *
Pneumocystis PCR	1/7 *	6/7 *

* Answers about the non-culture-based methods’ turnaround time were not available for the total of the Units. IFA: Immunofluorescence Assay.