Table 6  Mycological results and classification of 45 COVID-19 patients with ARDS.
Patient  Respiratory Samples  Serum Samples  IA Classification According to
Aspergillus Positive Culture (nb Samples)  Positive 28S PCR (nb Samples)  GM Index > 0.5 (nb Samples)  Positive 28S PCR (nb Samples)  AspICU (Blot et al., 2012)  AspICU + PCR  Modified AspICU
1  5  5  2  2  putative  putative  probable
2  2  2  1  1  putative  putative  probable
3  0  3  0  1  no infection  putative  probable
4  4  6  0  0  putative  putative  putative
5  4  4  0  0  putative  putative  putative
6  2  5  0  0  putative  putative  putative
7  1  5  0  0  putative  putative  putative
8  1  1  0  0  putative  putative  colonization
9  1  0  1  0  putative  putative  colonization
10  1 *  0  0  0  putative  putative  colonization
11  0  1  0  0  no infection  putative  colonization
12  0  1  0  0  no infection  putative  colonization
13  0  1  0  0  no infection  putative  colonization
14  0  1  0  0  no infection  putative  colonization
15  0  1  0  0  no infection  putative  colonization
16–45  0  0  0  0  no infection  no infection  no infection
Total      9 putative (22%) 36 no infection  15 putative (33%)30 no infection  3 probable (7%) 4 putative (9%) 8 colonizations (18%) 30 no infection
IA. Invasive aspergillosis, 1 * Aspergillus tubingensis (Nigri section).