Table 3 Results of conventional and liquid-based cytopathology for diagnosing different types of pulmonary aspergillosis
n | Papanicolaou’s staining | P value | Special staining | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conventional | LCT | Conventional | LCT | ||||
Bronchial brushing samples | 54 | ||||||
IPA | 25 | 7(28.00%) | 16(64.00%) | 0.011 | 16(64.00%) | 23(92.00%) | 0.017 |
CPA | 25 | 4(16.00%) | 13(52.00%) | 0.007 | 12(48.00%) | 18(72.00%) | 0.083 |
Aspergilloma | 4 | 0 | 3(75.00%) | 0.028 | 3(75.00%) | 4(100.00%) | 0.295 |
ABPA | — | ||||||
Sputum samples | 117 | ||||||
IPA | 63 | 7(11.11%) | 23(36.51%) | 0.001 | 17(26.98%) | 38(60.32%) | <0.001 |
CPA | 39 | 2(5.13%) | 6(15.38%) | 0.135 | 4(10.53%) | 7(13.21%) | 0.329 |
Aspergilloma | 9 | 0 | 1(11.11%) | 0.303 | 1(11.11%) | 2(22.22%) | 0.527 |
ABPA | 6 | 1(16.67%) | 4(66.67%) | 0.079 | 1(16.67%) | 4(66.67%) | 0.079 |
