FIG. 1.

Glucan concentrations in serum from patients with systemic candidiasis. Kinetics of the glucan concentration for each patient with respect to the time at which Candida was isolated (day 0) is shown. Samples with glucan concentrations of ≥20 pg/ml were considered to be positive. The numbers after the symbols refer to the patient number in Table 1. Open symbols represent nonsurvivors, and patients whose symbols are connected with a broken line were infected with Candida species other than C. albicans.