TABLE 1.

Clinical features of three patients with Candida quercitrusa candidemia

Clinical feature	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3
Age (yr)	56	43	58
Gender	Male	Male	Male
Reason for hospital admission	Acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding, high fever	Fracture dislocation caused by a falling	Clonic spasm, high fever, meningitis
Underlying disease	Hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes	Aspiration pneumonia	Hypertension
Total no. of blood cultures taken	1	9	4
Date(s) (day/mo/yr) of C. quercitrusa isolationa	23/05/2010 (7)	06/06/2010 (50), 28/05/2010 (59)	29/06/2010 (10)
Clinical status at time of positive culture
Immunosuppressive state	No	No	No
Neutropenia (<109 per liter)	No	No	No
Presence of CVC	No	Yes	Yes
Broad-spectrum antibiotics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Total parenteral nutrition	No	Yes	Yes
Surgery within 30 days	No	Yes	No
Intensive care	Yes	Yes	Yes
Previous antifungal agents within 30 days	No	Yes	No
Concomitant bacteremia	No	No	No
Concomitant candidemia	No	Yes (Candida lipolytica)	No
Indwelling urinary catheter	No	Yes	Yes
Therapy
Antifungal	No antifungal therapy commenced	Voriconazole 400 mg daily, 14 days	Caspofungin 50 mg daily, 8 days
CVC removala	Not applicable	Yes (64)	Yes (10)
Antifungal, after culture	Yes	Yes	Yes
Outcome	Unknownb	Recovered	Recovered

^aNumbers in parentheses indicate days since beginning of hospitalization.

^bPatient discharged against medical advice and was lost to further follow-up.