Antigen test results in seven patients with proven invasive aspergillosis (group I)
| No. of Samples positive | Time of first positive sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient no. | Time of first sample | No. of samples tested | ELISA | LA | ELISA | LA | Outcome | Comment |
| Times refer to the number of days (D) before or after transplant. | ||||||||
| Aspergillosis was disseminated in all patients except patient 3 (lung only). | ||||||||
| *Patient conditioned but not transplanted; dates taken from start of antifungal treatment. | ||||||||
| ELISA, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; LA, latex agglutination; PM, postmortem examination. | ||||||||
| 1 | D11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | D5 | D7 | Died D20 | PM: Aspergillus flavus |
| 2 | D7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | D21 | D28 | Died D31 | PM: A. fumigatus and A. flavus |
| 3 | D4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | – | Died D25 | PM: histology positive |
| 4 | D0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | D4 | D4 | Died D8 | PM: A. fumigatus |
| 5* | – | 6 | 4 | 3 | D18 | D21 | Died D32 | PM: A. fumigatus |
| 6 | D334 | 10 | 2 | 2 | D356 | D356 | Died D360 | Sputum: A terreus |
| 7 | D640 | 14 | 8 | 5 | D651 | D665 | Died D679 | PM: A fumigatus |