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Table 1 Epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis in SOT recipients. The large variations of the overall mortality rates in heart and kidney recipients can be explained by the corresponding variations in follow-up in the different studies (3-months [1, 3, 5] or 12-months [6, 7])

From: Invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant patients: diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, and assessment of response

Population

Incidence (%)

Overall mortality (%)

References

Heart

3.5–26.7

36–66.7

[1, 3, 5, 8, 9]

Kidney

1.2–4

4–25

[1, 3, 5]

Liver

1–4.7

83–88

[1, 3, 5]

Lung

8.3–23.3

4.2

[1, 3, 5]