Table 1.
Clinico-demographic, diagnostic and treatment profile from outbreak of Prototheca wickerhamii algaemia in a tertiary care chemotherapy oncology unit.
| S. no. | Age (years) | Duration of stay | Leucocyte (count/dl) | Neutrophil (count/dl) | Haemoglobin (g/dl) | Diagnosis | Chemotherapy regime and antimicrobials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 | 65 | 650 | 390 | 12.4 | Osteosarcoma | Ifosfamide, mesna, adriamycin, cisplatin |
| 2 | 35 | 66 | 496 | 310 | 8.1 | ||
| 3 | 27 | 55 | 640 | 378 | 8.9 | Cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisolone, rituximab | |
| 4 | 32 | 69 | 546 | 341 | 8.7 | ||
| 5 | 36 | 63 | 475 | 280 | 8.1 | Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | |
| 6 | 29 | 64 | 726 | 430 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 41 | 68 | 422 | 248 | 8.4 | Metastatic carcinoma colon | 5-Fluorouracil, colistin, imipenem, caspofungin |
| 8 | 37 | 60 | 515 | 350 | 10.2 | ||
| 9 | 43 | 43 | 574 | 410 | 9 | Carcinoma pancreas | Gemcitabine, capecitabine |
| 10 | 46 | 66 | 548 | 330 | 8.4 | ||
| 11 | 43 | 47 | 672 | 400 | 11.4 | Carcinoma oesophagus | 5-Fluorouracil, cisplatin, imipenem, caspofungin |
| 12 | 44 | 54 | 566 | 333 | 7.2 | Adenocarcinoma gall bladder | Gemcitabine, cisplatin, piperacillin-tazobactam |