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

Table 4

The positive results of BAL fluid culture, BAL fluid smear, and lung biopsy specimens in diagnosing IPA and other invasive fungal diseases.

Invasive fungal diseases	Number of patients (probable/proven)	Number of specimens	BAL fluid culture positive	BAL fluid smear positive	Lung biopsy specimens
					Total	Positive
IPA	25 (21/4)	27	18 (66.67%)	10 (37.04%)	14	3 (21.43%)
Pulmonary cryptococcosis	8 (4/4)	8	5 (62.50%)	1 (12.50%)	5	4 (80%)
Coccidioidomycosis	1 (1/0)	1	1 (100%)	0	0	0
Talaromyces marneffei	1 (1/0)	1	1 (100%)	0	0	0
Schizophyllum commune	1 (1/0)	1	1 (100%)	0	1	0

BAL: bronchoalveolar lavage; IPA: invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.