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Table 1 Clinical features of febrile patients with hematological malignancies

From: Establishment and application of real-time quantitative PCR for diagnosing invasive Aspergillosis via the blood in hematological patients: targeting a specific sequence of Aspergillus 28S-ITS2

Demographic/characteristic

No. patients (%) (n = 72)

Age (years)

 

  Median

42.5

  Range

3–76

Gender

 

  Male

42 (58.3)

  Female

30 (41.7)

Hematological malignancy

 

  AML

30 (41.7)

  ALL

10 (13.9)

  CML

3 (4.2)

  CMML

1 (1.4)

  CLL

2 (2.8)

  NHL

14 (19.4)

  MDS

7 (9.7)

  MM

5 (6.9)

HSCT

25 (34.7)

  Allo-HSCT

21 (29.2)

  Auto-HSCT

4 (5.6)

IA

41 (56.9)

  Proven

4 (5.6)

  Probable

18 (25)

  Possible

19 (26.4)

Sites

 

  Pulmonary

40 (55.6)

  Systemic

1 (1.4)

  1. AML, acute myeloid leukemia; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CML, chronic myelogenous leukemia; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukemia; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; MDS, myelodysplastic syndromes; MM, multiple myeloma; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; IA, invasive aspergillosis.