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

Table 3

Results of special staining of liquid-based cytopathology for diagnosing IPA and other invasive fungal diseases.

Invasive fungal diseases	Number of specimens	Special staining
		GMS	PAS
IPA	27	25 (92.59%)	22 (81.48%)
Pulmonary cryptococcosis	8	7 (87.50%)	7 (87.50%)
Coccidioidomycosis	1	0	1 (100.00%)
Talaromyces marneffei	1	1 (100.00%)	1 (100.00%)
Schizophyllum commune	1	1 (100.00%)	0

IPA: invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; PAS: periodic acid-Schiff; GMS: Grocott’s methenamine sliver.