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. 2007 Aug 22;7:97. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-97

Table 1.

The table describes the location of C. krusei isolation in patients with either confirmed invasive infection, patients with potentially significant infection, or patients with C. krusei colonization.

Patient sex, age Diagnosis C. krusei isolation
1 F 32 AML BSI
2 M 62 AML BSI
3 M 71 duodenal carcinoma BSI
4 F 46 mastocytosis BSI
5 F 64 abdominal surgery BSI
6 M 86 CLL BSI
7 M 53 AML peritoneum
8 M 22 ALL peritoneum
9 M 33 AML oesophagus
10 M 39 AML kidney, liver
11 F 53 AML invasive candidiasis in autopsy
12 M 55 AML invasive candidiasis in autopsy
13 F 62 AML typhlitis, pneumonia
14 M 67 AML aortitis, pneumonia
15 M 69 multiple myeloma severe mucositis
16 F 59 AML rectum, pharynx
17 F 66 MDS rectum, pharynx
18 F 59 lymphoma rectum, pharynx
19 F 70 MDS rectum, pharynx
20 M 22 toxic reaction* rectum, pharynx
21 M 21 eosinophilic leukaemia rectum, pharynx
22 M 65 AML rectum, pharynx

M, male; F, female; BSI, blood stream infection; AML, acute myeloid leukaemia; ALL, acute lymphatic leukaemia; CLL, chronic lymphatic leukaemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.

*The toxic reaction refers to bone marrow suppression due to alcohol abuse