Table 3.
Species distribution by specimen types
| Specimen type | Number of isolates (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Cryptococcus spp. | Trichosporon spp. | Rhodotorula spp. | Other yeast spp. | |
| Cerebrospinal fluid | 433 (51.3) | 428 (98.8) | 4 (0.9) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Blood | 265 (31.4) | 169 (63.8) | 28 (10.6) | 34 (12.8) | 34 (12.8) |
| Ascitic fluid | 35 (4.1) | 9 (25.7) | 13 (37.1) | 2 (5.7) | 11 (31.4) |
| Pus | 31 (3.7) | 11 (35.5) | 10 (32.3) | 2 (6.5) | 8 (25.8) |
| Tissue | 25 (3.0) | 21 (84.0) | 1 (4.0) | 3 (12.0) | |
| Venous catheter | 21 (2.5) | 3 (14.3) | 11 (52.4) | 2 (9.5) | 5 (23.8) |
| Pleural fluid | 16 (1.9) | 8 (50.0) | 3 (18.8) | 5 (31.3) | |
| Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid | 5 (0.6) | 2 (40.0) | 2 (40.0) | 1 (20.0) | |
| Hydrarthrosis | 5 (0.6) | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | ||
| Peritoneal dialysate | 4 (0.5) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | ||
| Bone marrow | 3 (0.4) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | ||
| Bile | 1 (0.1) | 1 (100) | |||