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Table 4.

Emerging yeasts and algae (47).

S. no.	Organisms (13)	No	Source(s)	Referring center	Resistance	Susceptibility	Characteristics	PubMed records
Yeasts (35)
1.	Cryptococcus laurentii	5	Pus, Blood	ICU	Azoles	Amphotericin B	Urease −, Germ tube −	21
2.	Candida haemulonii	10	Blood	ICU	Azoles, Amphotericin B	Echinocandins	Urease −, Germ tube −	10
	C. famata	9	Blood	Multiple				17
	C. rugosa*	2	Blood	Int Medicine				19
	C. guilliermondii*	1	Blood	BMT				40
	C. lusitaniae*	1	Body fluid	Paediatrics				60
	C. utilis*	1	Blood	ICU				10
	C. zeylanoides*	1	Blood	ICU				6
	C. sphaerica*	1	Blood	ICU				Nil
3.	Malassezia furfur*	2	Misc	ICU	Multisensitive	Multisensitive	Urease −, Germ tube −	166
4.	Trichosporon asahii*	2	Urine	ICU	Azoles	Amphotericin B	Urease +, Germ tube −	83
Algae (12)
1.	Prototheca species	11	Blood	Oncology	Multisensitive	Multisensitive	Urease +, Propanol −	56
1.	P. wickerhamii*	1	Blood	Oncology	Multisensitive	Multisensitive	Urease +, Propanol −	23

Note: *All these isolates would require further surveillance for possible emerging infections.

Key: Int Medicine – Internal Medicine, BMT – Bone Marrow Transplant Center, Misc – Miscellaneous, ICU – Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Unit, Figures in brackets against Yeasts and Algae represent the cumulative frequency, Figures in brackets against organisms represent sum of all species.