Special Staining of the Liquid-Based Cytopathology Test in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis with Nonneutropenic Patients

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of 47 patients included in the study.

Characteristics	Number of patients
Sex
Male	33
Female	14
Median age	58.39 ± 11.91
Underlying pulmonary disease
COPD	5 (10.6%)
Bronchiectasis	12 (25.5%)
Tuberculosis	3 (6.4%)
Bronchial asthma	6 (12.8%)
Lung cancer	2 (4.3%)
Extrapulmonary disease
Other solid tumor	3 (6.4%)
Diabetes	9 (19.1%)
Hypertension	11 (23.4%)
Hypohepatia	3 (6.4%)
HIV-positive	0
Solid organ transplantation	1 (2.1%)
Corticosteroids treatment	1 (2.1%)
No underlying pulmonary disease	13 (27.7%)

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.