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. 2021 Jun 16;64(8):817–822. doi: 10.1111/myc.13333

TABLE 2.

Clinical and Epidemiological data of the five patients with severe COVID‐19 that developed Trichosporon asahii fungemia

Condition Patient Data
Age 57 74 75 73 72
Sex Male Male Female Male Male
Body Mass Index ≥35 No No Yes Yes Yes
Diabetes mellitus Yes No No Yes No
ICU length of stay before fungemia (days) a 30 31 27 15 11
Mechanical ventilation duration before fungemia (days) 30 27 27 15 11
Renal replacement therapy duration before fungemia (days) 0 16 9 11 11
Broad‐spectrum antibiotic therapy duration with anti‐anaerobe activity before Trichosporon fungemia (days) 30 30 26 15 10
Diarrhoea duration before Trichosporon fungemia (days) 16 12 4 0 0
Corticosteroid therapy duration before fungemia (days) 30 30 26 15 10
Corticosteroid exposure during fungemia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Enteroccus spp. bacteremia before or at Trichosporon fungemia No Yes No No Yes
Candidemia before Trichosporon fungemia Yes Yes Yes No No
Echinocandin exposure before Trichosporon fungemia (days) 13 9 6 9 5
Echinocandin breakthrough infection No Yes No Yes Yes
CVC at fungemia b Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pitt bacteremia score at fungemia 7 14 10 10 14
Blood neutrophils count at fungemia (cells/mm3) 7200 2750 18,200 1260 970
Blood Lymphocyte count at fungemia (cells/mm3) 1440 300 1500 950 550
Voriconazole therapy Yes No Yes Yes Yes
CVC removal after Trichosporon fungemia Yes No Yes Yes Yes
7‐day outcome Alive Dead Alive Alive Alive
14‐day outcome Alive Dead Alive Dead Dead
30‐day outcome Alive Dead Dead Dead Dead
a

ICU, Intensive care unit.

b

CVC, central venous catheter.