Table 4 Clinical presentations and outcome by diagnostic category
Total | Colonised | Aspergillosis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Probable | Proven | Probable + Proven | |||
No. patients | 245 | 106 | 125 | 14 | 139 |
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis | 77 (31.4) | 68 (54.4) | 10 (71.4) | 78 (56.1) | |
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis | 23 (9.4) | 19 (15.2) | 4 (28.6) | 23 (16.5) | |
Simple tracheobronchitis | 26 (10.6) | 26 (20.8) | 0 (0.0) | 26 (18.7) | |
Invasive tracheobronchitis | 12 (4.9) | 12 (9.4) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (8.6) | |
Mortality | 76 (31.0) | 13 (12.3) | 52 (41.6)a | 11 (78.6)a,b | 63 (45.3)a |
a) Death attributable to Aspergillus | 7 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (3.2) | 3 (21.4)a, b | 7 (5.0) |
b) Death attributable to Aspergillus and to other causes | 44 (18.0) | 0 (0.0) | 36 (28.8)a | 8 (57.1)a | 44 (31.7)a |
a) + b) | 51 (20.9) | 0 (0.0) | 40 (32.0)a | 11 (78.5)a, b | 51 (36.7) |
Death not attributable to Aspergillus | 25 (10.2) | 13 (12.3) | 12 (9.6) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (8.6) |