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Table 1 Recovery of fungal agents with respect to clinical diagnosis

From: Fungal colonization in patients with chronic respiratory diseases from Himalayan region of India

Clinical Diagnosis

No. of patients

Culture +ve patients (%)

Isolates

No. of Isolates (%)

Bronchogenic carcinoma

31

10 (32.3)

A. flavus

5 (16.1)

   

C. albicans

2 (6.4)

   

A. niger

2 (6.4)

   

A. fumigatus

1 (3.2)

Tubercular sequelae

16

7 (43.8)

C. albicans

5 (31.3)

   

C. tropicalis

1 (6.3)

   

A. fumigatus

1 (6.3)

Bronchiectasis

5

5 (100)

C. albicans

3(60)

   

A. flavus

1 (20)

   

A. fumigatus

1 (20)

Pleural effusion

2

1 (50)

A. niger

1 (50)

Bronchial asthma

2

2 (100)

C. albicans

1 (50)

   

A. fumigatus

1 (50)

COPD

3

2 (66.7)

C. albicans

1 (33.3)

   

C. tropicalis

1 (33.3)

Interstitial lung disease

1

1(100)

C. neoformans

1(100)