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. 2015 Nov 3;7:537–543. doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S92455

Table 2.

Fungal pathogens and treatment responses of the patients with bloodstream infections

Patient Age (years) Sex Hematological malignancy Sample Fungal pathogen Antifungal resistance History of azole exposure Empirical antifungal treatment before identification Treatment modification Outcome
1 32 Male AML Blood Candida parapsilosis VOR, FLC + CAS Survived
Blood C. parapsilosis VOR, FLC + CAS Survived
Blood C. glabrata FLC + L-AmB Central line removed Survived
2 51 Male AML Blood C. parapsilosis VOR, FLC + CAS Central line removed Survived
Blood, wound C. parapsilosis VOR, FLC + VOR From VOR to AmB Died
3 32 Male AML Blood C. parapsilosis VOR, FLC + CAS Survived
Blood C. parapsilosis VOR, FLC + VOR From VOR to L-AmB Survived
4 52 Female ALL Blood Geotrichum capitatum FLC, ITR CAS Central line removed Survived
Blood G. capitatum FLC, ITR + VOR Died
5 60 Female ALL Blood C. albicans VOR, ITR, FLC CAS Survived
6 21 Female Aplastic anemia Blood C. albicans CAS Survived
7 33 Male AML Blood G. capitatum FLC VOR Central line removed Survived
8 55 Female AML Blood Trichosporon asahii AmB + CAS Central line removed Died
9 63 Female AML Blood T. asahii AmB + L-AmB From AmB to VOR, central line removed Died
10 45 Female AML Blood T. asahii AmB, ITR CAS Empirically switched to VOR Died
11 50 Male AML + lung cancer Blood C. parapsilosis + VOR From VOR to AmB, central line removed Survived
Blood C. albicans + VOR Survived
12 62 Female AML Blood, sputum C. parapsilosis + VOR From VOR to CAS, central line removed Died
13 61 Male AML Blood, urine C. albicans + CAS Died
14 73 Female NHL Blood, central line C. albicans + L-AmB Central line removed Survived
15 35 Male AML Blood C. albicans + CAS Survived
16 44 Female ALL Blood C. albicans + L-AmB Survived
17 63 Female AML Blood C. krusei + VOR Survived
18 51 Female AML Blood C. albicans + VOR Survived

Abbreviations: ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia; AML, acute myeloblastic leukemia; AmB, amphotericin B; CAS, caspofungin; FLC, fluconazole; ITR, itraconazole; L-AmB, liposomal amphotericin B; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; VOR, voriconazole.