Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients

Table 3

Performance of GM detection for diagnosis of IPA in BALF.

Cutoff value	Sensitivity%	Specificity%	PPV%	NPV%
BALF GM ≥ 0.5	100.0%	64.3%	16.4%	100.0%
BALF GM ≥ 0.76	100.0%	76.2%	22.7%	100.0%
BALF GM ≥ 0.8	90.0%	78.3%	22.5%	99.1%
BALF GM ≥ 1.0	70.0%	82.5%	21.9%	97.5%
BALF GM ≥ 1.5	60.0%	86.0%	23.1%	96.8%
BALF GM ≥ 2.0	50.0%	88.8%	23.8%	96.2%

GM, galactomannan; IPA, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; PPV, positive predictive value; NPV, negative predictive value.