Table 1 .
Review of clinical cases of disseminated yeast infection diagnosed from peripheral blood smears
| Ref | No. of cases | Category of patients | Outcome | Isolated species | Antifungal treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrouane et al.J Clin Pathol 1998;51:537–8 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Death | Candida albicans | Fluconazole |
| Manabe et al.Rinsho Ketsueki 1997;38669–73 | 1 | Disseminated neuroblastoma | Death | Rhodotorula rubra | − |
| 1 | Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis | Death | Candida guilliermondii | AMB | |
| Gavinet et al.J Mycol Med 1995;553–5 | 1 | Epidermoidal carcinoma | Death | Candida glabrata | AMB |
| Chao et al. Bone Marrow Transplant 1994;14647–9 | 1 | Syngeneic BMT | Alive | Candida parapsilosis | Fluconazole |
| 1 | Allogeneic BMT | Alive | Rhodotorula glutinis | AMB | |
| Girmenia and Jaalouk. Eur J Haematol 1994;52124–5 | 4 | Haematological malignancies | Alive | C parapsilosis (2), C guilliermondii (1), Hansenula anomala (1) | − |
| Supparatpinyo and Sirisantana. Clin Infect Dis 1994;18246–7 | 1 | AIDS | Loss of sight | Penicillium marneffei | AMB |
| Casanova-Cardiel and Ruiz-Ordaz. Rev Invest Clin 1993;4567–70 | 4 | AIDS | Death | Histoplasma capsulatum | None (1), AMB (3) |
| Marshall et al. Am J Clin Pathol 1990;93526–32 | 2 | AIDS | − | H capsulatum (2) | − |
| 2 | Prematurity | − | C albicans (1), C parapsilosis (1) | − | |
| 2 | Intestinal diseases | − | C albicans (1), Candida tropicalis (1) | − | |
| Rosti et al. Haematologica 1990;75480–12097267 | 1 | Allogeneic BMT | Alive | C tropicalis | Liposomal AMB |
| Yao et al. Am J Med 1990;89:100–22195888 | 1 | AIDS | Death | Cryptococcus neoformans | − |
| Buchman et al. JAMA 1988;260:2926. | 1 | Longterm total parenteral nutrition | Alive | C glabrata | AMB |
| Kates et al. Lab Med 1988;19:25 | 1 | Longterm total parenteral nutrition | Alive | Candida krusei, then C albicans | AMB |
| Ossenkoppele et al. Neth J Med 1988;3330–23073316 | 1 | Autologous BMT | Alive | C parapsilosis | AMB |
| Dietriech et al. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1987;1171289–96 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Monihan et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1986;1101180–1 | 1 | CLL and Kaposi’s sarcoma | Death | C parapsilosis | AMB |
| Paul et al. Pediatr Infect Dis 1986;5274–53952016 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Baptist et al. N Y State J Med 1985;85664–5 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | None |
| Henochowicz et al. JAMA 1985;253:3148. | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Macher et al. Ophthalmology 1985;921159–64 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Wheat et al. Am J Med 1985;78203–103871588 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Bonner et al. Arch Intern Med 1984;1442178–81 | 1 | AIDS | Alive | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Girard et al. South Med J 1977;7065–6841374 | 1 | Metastatic carcinoma | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| 1 | Hodgkin lymphoma | Death | H capsulatum | AMB | |
| Kobza and Steenblock. BMJ 1977;11640–1 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Alive | C albicans | AMB+5FC |
| Portnoy et al. N Engl J Med 1971;2851010–115094811 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Alive | C albicans | AMB+5FC |
| 1 | Malabsorption syndrome | Death | C albicans | AMB | |
| Hahn et al. MO Med 1973;70249–504691745 | 1 | CLL | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Silverman et al. Am J Clin Pathol 1973;60473–5 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Death | C albicans | AMB |
| Jacobs. JAMA 1969;207:1916. | 1 | Renal transplantation | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Lopez and Grocott. Am J Clin Pathol 1968;50692–4 | 1 | Histiocytosis X | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Holland and Holland. Am J Dis Child 1966;112412–21 | 1 | Abdominal distension | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Jobe and Koepke. Tech Bull Regist Med Technol 1966;36156–7 | 1 | Anaemia | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Hood et al. Can Med Assoc J 1965;93587–92 | 1 | Renal homotransplantation | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Silverman et al. Am J Med 1955;19410–59 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Ffrench and Shemoi. Can Med Assoc J 1954;71238–41 | 1 | Aplastic anaemia | Death | C albicans | − |
| Parsons and Zarafonetis. Arch Intern Med 1945;751–23 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Reid et al. J Lab Clin Med 1942;27419–34 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Amolsch and Wax. Am J Pathol 1939;15477–81 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Dodd and Tompkins. Am J Trop Med 1934;14127–37 | 1 | Anaemia | Death | H capsulatum | − |
AMB, amphotericin B; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; 5FC, 5-fluorocytosine.