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We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 192 lung transplant recipients. Overall, 26 recipients had been diagnosed with proven IPA, 40 recipients with probable IPA, and 75 recipients with pneumonia unrelated to IPA. We analyzed AGT levels in IPA and non-IPA pneumonia patients and used ROC curves to determine the diagnostic cutoff value. The Serum AGT cutoff value was 0.560 (index level), with a sensitivity of 50%, specificity of 91%, and AUC of 0.724, and the BALF AGT cutoff value was 0.600, with a sensitivity of 85%, specificity of 85%, and AUC of 0.895. Revised EORTC suggests a diagnostic cutoff value of 1.0 in both serum and BALF AGT when IPA is highly suspicious. In our group, serum AGT of 1.0 showed a sensitivity of 27% and a specificity of 97%, and BALF AGT of 1.0 showed a sensitivity of 60% and a specificity of 95%. The result suggested that a lower cutoff could be beneficial in the lung transplant group. In multivariable analysis, serum and BALF AGT, with a minimal correlation between the two, showed a correlation with a history of diabetes mellitus.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jof9050527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,1]],"date-time":"2023-05-01T12:12:11Z","timestamp":1682943131000},"page":"527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Aspergillus Galactomannan Titer as a Diagnostic Marker of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients: A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6987-7722","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eun-Young","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1, Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 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