Table 1.
Overview of 24 reported cases of Naganishia albida (1972–2017)
| No | Age/sex/year | Location | Host status | Clinical presentation | Examination | Treatment | Outcome | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 68/ M/ 1972 | USA | Not indicated | Pulmonary | Culture | AmB | Cured | [20] |
| 2 | 45/ M/ 1973 | USA | Not indicated | Meningitis | India ink, Culture | AmB | Cured | [21] |
| 3 | 29/M / 1980 | USA | Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Alcoholic liver disease, receiving corticosteroids | Meningitis | Culture | AmB | Expired | [22] |
| 4 | 65/ F/ 1987 | USA | Acute myelogenous leukemia | Fungemia | India ink | AmB, 5FC | Expired | [23] |
| 5 | NA/NA/1989 | NA | Pemphigus foliaceus, steroid therapy | Fungemia | Culture | KET | Cured | [24] |
| 6 | NA/NA/1993 | USA | Receiving long-term hemodialysis | Renal disease | Culture | NA | NA | [25] |
| 7 | 38/M / 1996 | France | AIDS | Septicaemia | Culture | FLU, ITC | Expired | [26] |
| 8 | 4/F / 1998 | Tennessee | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia | Fungemia | Not indicated | AmB | Cured | [27] |
| 9 | 70/ M/ 2000 | U.K. | Sézary syndrome, Noninsulin-dependent diabetes | Cutaneous | Culture, biopsy | FLU | Expired | [16] |
| 10 | 73/ F/ 2004 | USA | Rheumatoid arthritis | Pulmonary | Culture, biopsy | FLU | Not indicated | [1] |
| 11 | 16/ F/ 2004 | USA | AIDS | Scleral ulceration | Culture | AmB, ITC | Cured | [30] |
| 12 | 23/M /2004 | Korea | Renal transplant recipient | Disseminated | Biopsy, Culture | FLU | Cured | [17] |
| 13 | 51/ M/ 2004 | USA | Ddiabetes mellitus, lymphoma, Autologous progenitor cell transplant | Not indicated | Culture | AmB, ITC | Cured | [33] |
| 14 | 69/F/2005 | USA | Corneal transplantation | keratitis | Culture | Not indicated | Cured | [2] |
| 15 | 44/ M/2007 | Turkey | Acute respiratory failure | Pneumonia | Histopathology, Culture | AmB | Cured | [4] |
| 16 | 14/M/2007 | USA | Etanercept therapy | Cutaneous | Culture | FLU | Cured | [10] |
| 17 | NA/NA/2011 | USA | Immunosuppressed, palmopustular psoriasis | NA | NA | NA | NA | [18] |
| 18 | 0/ M/2011 | Greece | Premature neonate | Fungemia | NA | AmB, 5FC | NA | [29] |
| 19 | 55/M/2013 | USA | liver transplant recipient | Fungemia | Culture | POS | Cured | [19] |
| 20 | 28/M/2014 | China | AIDS | Encephalitis | India ink | FLU | Expired | [9] |
| 21 | 57/M/2015 | USA | Peritoneal Dialysis, hepatitis C, type 2 diabetes | Peritonitis | Culture | AmB | Not indicated | [28] |
| 22 | 45/M/2015 | Taiwan | Hit by a plant | Keratitis | PCR | FLU, AmB | Cured | [8] |
| 23 | 83/M/2017 | Hungary | Receiving methylprednisolone | Cutaneous | Histopathology | FLU | Not indicated | [31] |
| 24 | 26/M/2017 | Iran | Immunocompetent | Superficial | Culture, PCR | ITC | Cured | Present case |
M, male; F, female; AmB, amphotericin B; FLU, fluconazole; ITC, itraconazole; KET, ketoconazole; 5FC, 5 flucytosine; POS, posaconazole.
NA = not available (Original publication could not be accessed, information gathered from related abstracts)