Table 1. Characteristics of patients with postmortem candidemia.
Case | Age/Sex | Heart blood culture | Risk for disseminated candidiasis | Results of histological examination |
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1 | 3/F | C. krusei; Enterococcus | AL; neutropenia | pseudo-membraneous colitis with invading yeasts |
2 | 75/M | C. albicans; Enterococcus; Xanthomonas | AL; neutropenia | |
3 | 70/F | C. albicans; S. aureus | perforated viscus; peritonitis | GMS: yeasts and filamentous forms perforating through the serosa |
4 | 72/F | C. albicans | peritonitis | yeasts in gastric wall and peritoneum |
5 | 68/M | C. albicans | ruptured abdominal aorta; sepsis; abdominal surgery | GMS: yeasts and pseudohyphae in spleen |
6 | 79/M | C. albicans | surgical repair of ruptured thoracic and abdominal aorta | |
7 | 90/M | C. albicans | thoracic and abdominal aortic repair; necrotic colon; colectomy; DIC | |
8 | Still born/F | C. glabrata | prematurity | |
9 | 4 days/F | C. albicans | high-risk twin; DIC; neonatal ICU for 4 days | |
10 | 5 mon ths/F | C. albicans; CNS | ischemic bowel; 75% removed | |
11 | 61/F | C. pseudo-tropicalis and C. krusei | widespread carcinomatosis of peritoneum; ascites; sepsis | |
12 | 54/F | C. albicans | diabetes; G.I. hemorrhage; pneumonia | |
13 | 65/F | C. albicans | severe C. difficile colitis; pneumonia | |
14 | 86/F | yeast; CNS | dead bowel; colectomy; abdominal surgery | GMS: yeasts and pseudohyphae in spleen |
15 | 75/F | yeast | G.I. ulcerations; pneumonia | GMS: yeasts and pseudohyphae in spleen |
16 | 50/F | C. glabrata | ESRD; gangrene of leg; pneumonia | lung abscess with yeasts in lung and vascular tissue |
17 | 52/M | C. glabrata | OHT; recurrent pneumonias | |
18 | 88/F | C. glabrata | pneumonia | |
19 | 73/M | yeast; CNS | AL; neutropenia; pneumonia | |
20 | 58/F | yeast; Enterococcus | peritonitis | yeasts in muscle and bowel |
21 | 72/F | yeast; CNS | metastatic pancreatic cancer | |
22 | 90/M | yeast | aspiration pneumonia; C. difficile colitis; ESRD | |
23 | 23/F | yeast | BMT; pneumonia |
Abbreviations: G.I: gastrointestinal; BMT: bone marrow transplant; OHT: orthotopic heart transplant; CNS: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; AL: acute leukemia; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; ICU: intensive care unit; ESRD: end stage renal disease; GMS: Gomori methenamine silver stain.