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Tracheal aspirate and urine samples, and oropharyngeal and gastric swabs were collected and cultured each week. On admission to the ICU and at the initiation of antifungal therapy, the severity of illness was evaluated using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score. Retrospectively, isolation of\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. was considered to reflect colonization if the patient did not fulfil criteria for pneumonia, and infection if the patient met criteria for pulmonary infection and if the clinician in charge considered the isolation to be clinically valuable. Risk factors, antifungal use and duration of therapy were noted.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Out of a total of 1756 patients,\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. were recovered in 36. Treatment with steroids (odds ratio = 4.5) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (odds ratio = 2.9) were significantly associated with\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. isolation in multivariate analysis. In 14 patients isolation of\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. was interpreted as colonization, in 20 it was interpreted as invasive aspergillosis, and two cases were not classified. The mortality rates were 50% in the colonization group and 80% in the invasive infection group. Autopsy was performed in five patients with clinically suspected infection and confirmed the diagnosis in all of these cases.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In critically ill patients, treatment should be considered if features of pulmonary infection are present and\n                      <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                      spp. are isolated from respiratory secretions.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/cc3488","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,3,12]],"date-time":"2005-03-12T02:15:51Z","timestamp":1110593751000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":199,"title":["Isolation of Aspergillus spp. from the respiratory tract in critically ill patients: risk factors, clinical presentation and outcome"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Garnacho-Montero","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rosario","family":"Amaya-Villar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Ortiz-Leyba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Crist\u00f3bal","family":"Le\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"\u00c1lvarez-Lerma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juan","family":"Nolla-Salas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 R","family":"Iruretagoyena","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fernando","family":"Barcenilla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,3,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"3480_CR1","first-page":"2675","volume-title":"Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease","author":"DW Denning","year":"2000","unstructured":"Denning DW: Aspergillus\n                           species. 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