Table 1.
Candida auris infection/colonization patients details.
Case/No | Age | Sex | Site of infection/ or site of Candida isolation | Type of infection | Pre or co-infection | Co-morbidity | Treatment provided | Outcome |
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1 | 78 years | Male | Tracheal aspirate and urine | Lower respiratory tract infection | Corona virus 229 E PCR positive from nasal swab | Interstitial lung disease | Anidulafungin | Died of hypoxic respiratory failure |
2 | 79 years | Male | Nose and decubitus ulcer | Skin soft tissue infection | Pseudomonas MDR and Morganella morganii from decubitus ulcer | Diabetes mellitus, sacral bed sores | Flucytosine | Died of bacterial/fungal sepsis |
3 | 71 years | Male | Nose, throat, tracheal aspirate, and decubitus ulcer | Candidemia | Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR and ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae from sputum | Diabetes mellitus, sacral bed sores | Anidulafungin and posaconazole | Cured |
4 | 90 years | Male | urine, throat and nose | Urinary tract infection | Klebsiella pneumoniae and carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from sputum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR from a bedsore | Cerebrovascular accident, dementia | Anidulafungin | Cured |
5 | 65 years | Male | Throat, sputum, groin and urine | Urinary tract infection | Pseudomonas aeruginosa multidrug resistant | Motor neuron disease, hospital-acquired pneumonia | Anidulafungin | Died of bacterial pneumonia |
6 | 29 years | Male | Groin | Colonization | ESBL Klebsiella | Acute liver failure secondary to hepatitis C, acute kidney injury, critical care polyneuropathy | Terbinafine spray | Discharged home |
7 | 86 years | Male | Axilla, urine | Colonization | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | COPD, vascular dementia, bedbound on tracheostomy to | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Died due to aspiration pneumonia and hypoxic respiratory failure |
8 | 80 years | Female | Nose, tracheostomy site | Colonization | ESBL Klebsiella | Chronic kidney disease, coronary artery disease, on tracheostomy | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Transfer to geriatric ward |
9 | 62 years | Female | Axilla | Colonization | Pseudomonas multi drug-resistant | Chronic kidney disease, necrotizing fasciitis | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Died due to bacterial sepsis |
10 | 91 years | Female | Groin area | Colonization | None | COPD, hypertension | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Discharged home |
11 | 23 years | Male | Nose, axilla | Colonization | Escherichia coli | Hypoxic brain injury, recurrent urinary tract infection | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Transfer to long-term unit |
12 | 75 years | Male | Nose, groin | Colonization | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, recurrent pneumonia | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Discharged home |
13 | 85 years | Male | urine | Colonization | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Parkinson’s disease, cerebrovascular accident | Terbinafine spray, nystatin application | Transfer to geriatric unit |
PCR: polymerase chain reaction, MRD: multi-drug resiatant, ESBL: extended spectrum beta lactamase, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.