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Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection

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    • Junwei Wang
    • Chuanyu Zhang
    • Jizheng Lin
    • Liang Zhang
    • Jie Li
    • Fangfang Yang
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    Affiliations: Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266001, P.R. China, Department of Nephrology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266001, P.R. China
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This study explored the diagnostic value of computed tomography (CT) in pulmonary fungal infection to provide a theoretical basis for the clinical diagnosis of pulmonary fungal infections. The clinical data of 82 suspected invasive fungal infection (IFI) patients admitted to the Department of Critical Care Medicine of The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University from January 2016 to May 2018 were retrospectively analyzed, and 64 of them were diagnosed with IFI by pathology and sputum culture. The CT results of the 82 patients were compared with the X‑ray results in order to analyze the diagnostic value of CT imaging. Taking pathological diagnosis as the gold standard, the number of true‑negative, true‑positive, false‑negative and false‑positive results in X‑ray diagnosis were 13, 43, 21 and 5, respectively, while those in CT diagnosis were 11, 59, 5 and 7, respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, positive coincidence rate, negative coincidence rate, misdiagnosis rate and missed diagnosis rate of CT in IFI were 92.18, 61.11, 85.37, 89.39, 68.75, 38.89 and 7.81%, respectively, while those of X‑ray in IFI were 67.19, 72.22, 68.29, 89.58, 38.24, 27.78 and 32.81%, respectively. The sensitivity, accuracy and negative coincidence rate of CT in the diagnosis of IFI were significantly higher than those of X‑ray (P<0.05), with a sensitivity of 92.18%, which indicates that CT has a higher diagnostic value in IFI. The results of CT combined with the basic condition of the patients can be used to initially diagnose pulmonary fungal infections, which is of high diagnostic value and can improve clinical treatment.
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Wang J, Zhang C, Lin J, Zhang L, Li J and Yang F: Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection. Exp Ther Med 17: 4149-4153, 2019.
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., & Yang, F. (2019). Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 17, 4149-4153. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7412
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., Yang, F."Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 17.5 (2019): 4149-4153.
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., Yang, F."Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 17, no. 5 (2019): 4149-4153. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7412
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Wang J, Zhang C, Lin J, Zhang L, Li J and Yang F: Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection. Exp Ther Med 17: 4149-4153, 2019.
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., & Yang, F. (2019). Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 17, 4149-4153. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7412
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., Yang, F."Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 17.5 (2019): 4149-4153.
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Wang, J., Zhang, C., Lin, J., Zhang, L., Li, J., Yang, F."Clinical diagnostic value of spiral CT in invasive pulmonary fungal infection". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 17, no. 5 (2019): 4149-4153. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2019.7412
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