Research Article
The Diagnosis of Invasive and Noninvasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis by Serum and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Galactomannan Assay
Table 1
Characteristics of patients enrolled in the study.
| Total number | 121 (100%) | Gender | | Male | 62 (51.2%) | Female | 59 (48.8%) | Age | | 18–30 | 14 (11.6%) | 31–40 | 7 (5.8%) | 41–50 | 12 (9.9%) | 51–60 | 28 (23.1%) | 61–70 | 21 (17.4%) | 71–80 | 24 (19.8%) | >80 | 15 (12.4%) | Average age | 59.3 | Basal conditions | | Possessing host factors | 49 (40.5%) | COPD | 11 (9.1%) | Others | 61 (50.4%) | Diagnosis of aspergillosis | | Proven IPA | 1 (0.8%) | Probable IPA | 17 (14.0%) | CNA | 4 (3.3%) | ABPA | 5 (4.1%) | Possible IPA | 9 (7.4%) | Aspergilloma | 1 (0.8%) | Others | 84 (69.4%) |
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