Table 1.
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