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. 2018 May 30;11:805–819. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S165676

Table 2.

Common Candida spp. responsible for IC in liver disease and liver transplantation patients

Study Patient characteristics Common Candida spp. types
Zicker et al140 Post-liver transplant patients with candidemia (n=40) from Brazil C. albicans: 20%
C. glabrata: 15%
C. parapsilosis: 18%
Sganga et al141 Post-liver transplantation patients with proven candidemia (n=26) from Italy C. albicans: 58%
C. parapsilosis: 19.2%
C. glabrata: 15.4%
Bassetti et al30 Cirrhotic patients with candidemia and IAC (n=241) from Europe C. albicans: 54.4%
C. glabrata: 14.5%
C. parapsilosis: 14.1%
Bassetti et al28 Liver transplant recipients with candidemia (n=42) from E urope and Brazil C. albicans: 59.5%
C. parapsilosis: 7.1%
C. glabrata: 4.8%
Alexopoulou zet al19 Spontaneous fungal peritonitis patients with positive cultures obtained from ascetic fluid (n=126) in Greece C. albicans: 58%
C. parapsilosis: 11%
C. spp.: 11%
Lahmer et al31 Spontaneous fungal peritonitis among critically ill patients with liver cirrhosis (n=205) from Germany C. albicans: 60%
C. glabrata: 13%
C. krusei: 13%

Abbreviations: IAC, intra-abdominal candidiasis; IC, invasive candidiasis.