Aspergillus-positive lower respiratory tract samples in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome: a 10-year retrospective study

Annals of Intensive Care

Table 4 Chest CT scan patterns in patients (n = 21) categorized as having proven/putative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis or Aspergillus colonization, according to the Blot algorithm [16]

	All (n = 21)	Proven/putative aspergillosis (n = 13)	Aspergillus colonization (n = 8)	p value^a
Pulmonary infiltrates	21 (100)	13 (100)	8 (100)	>0.99
Alveolar consolidation	19 (90)	11 (85)	8 (100)	0.11
Lung nodules	15 (71)	8 (61)	7 (87)	0.33
Ground-glass opacities	14 (67)	10 (77)	4 (50)	0.34
Cavitation	3 (14)	1 (8)	2 (25)	0.53
Halo sign	3 (14)	2 (15)	1 (12)	>0.99
Pleural effusion	12 (57)	8 (61)	4 (50)	0.67

^a p value comes from the Fisher exact test; categorical variables are shown as n (%)