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Table 2 Laboratory and radiological data of patients with Aspergillus isolation from LRT specimens

From: Clinical features and prognostic analysis of patients with Aspergillus isolation during acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Variables

PA group

n = 60

Colonization group

n = 15

P value

Laboratory dataa

   

 WBC count (109/L)

11.3 (3.3–43.3)

6.3 (3.3–26.5)

0.001

 Neutrophil count (109/L)

9.6 (2.3–41.9)

4.1 (2.1–23.5)

0.001

 Lymphocyte count (109/L)

0.7 (0.1–4.9)

1.1 (0.4–2.3)

0.063

 Hb (g/L)

117.7 ± 19.3

128.9 ± 43.5

0.345

 PLT (109/L)

187 (20, 522)

222 (46, 370)

0.425

 ALB (g/L)

28.3 ± 6.2

32.3 ± 6.5

0.029

 LDH (U/L)

457.5 (155—3126)

269 (168—1096)

0.056

 CRP (mg/L)

64.3 (1.1–258.8)

16.2 (0—320)

0.006

 PCT (ug/L)

0.2 (0–16)

0.1 (0–9.6)

0.195

 Serum GMb, n (%)

28/52 (53.8)

1/11 (9.1)

0.007

 BALF GMc, n (%)

6/6 (100)

/

 

 Radiological data, n (%)

53 (88.3)

14 (93.3)

 

 Consolidation

20

3

0.349

 Infiltration

51

11

0.058

  Nodules

11

4

0.498

  Cavitation

8

0

0.189

 Halo sign

2

0

1.000

 Air crescent sign

3

0

1.000

 Hydrothorax

22

2

0.059

 Pleural thickening

30

4

0.062

  1. WBC white blood cell, Hb hemoglobin, PLT platelet, ALB albumin, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, IL-6 interleukin-6, GM galactomannan, BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; aBlood specimen; bthe cutoff value is 0.5; cthe cutoff value is 0.7; significance of bold: a P value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant