TABLE 1.
Underlying disease and culture parameters of patients with systemic candidiasis
| Patient no. | Gendera | Age (yr) | Hospital ward | Underlying condition(s) | No. of serum specimens | Source of Candida culture | Candida species | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 71 | ICU | Rectal neoplasms | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Survival |
| 2 | F | 67 | Surgery | Pancreaticoduodenectomy | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Survival |
| 3 | F | 40 | Neurology | Aneurysm | 3 | Blood | Survival | |
| 4 | M | 74 | ICU | Aortic aneurysm | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Survival |
| 5 | M | 61 | ICU | Diabetes mellitus hemorrhagic pancreatitis | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Survival |
| 6 | F | 56 | ICU | Candida septicemia | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Survival |
| 7 | F | 74 | ICU | Diabetes mellitus | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Deathb |
| 8c | F | 50 | Surgery | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Death |
| 9d | F | 47 | ICU | Neoplasm, intestinal obstruction | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Death |
| 10 | M | 66 | Transplantation unit | Diabetic angiopathics and nephropathies | 3 | Abdominal | C. albicans | Death |
| 11 | M | 66 | Thorax | Atrial fibrillation | 3 | Blood | C. albicans | Death |
| 12 | F | 82 | Transplantation unit | Gallbladder neoplasms | 3 | Blood | C. tropicalis | Survival |
| 13 | M | 64 | Surgery | Diabetic coma | 2 | Blood | C. glabrata | Survival |
| 14d | F | 46 | Transplantation unit | Hepatitis B and hepatitis C | 3 | Bile | C. glabrata | Survival |
a
Abbreviations: M, male; F, female.
b
Died within 2 months of initiation of antimycotic treatment.
c
Chemotherapy and cytotoxic treatment.
d
Chemotherapy.