TABLE 1.
Age/ gender | Comorbidity | Mechanical ventilation | Respiratory sample (number of positive sample) | Radiological evidence of aspergillosis | Serum galactomannan | Other organisms | Treatment | Outcome | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 1 | 62/F | None | Yes | Not sent | Day 40 of illness | Positive | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Voriconazole Steroid |
Alive |
Patient 2 | 56/F | Diabetes | No | Aspergillus niger (1) | Day 32 of illness | Positive | Stenotrophomonas maltophilia |
Voriconazole Steroid |
Dead |