TABLE 1.

Underlying diseases, culture data, and results of antigen and antibody testing for patients with candidiasis

Patient no.	Sexa	Age (yr)	Hospital ward	Underlying condition	No. of serum specimens	Site of C. albicans isolation	Peak antigen concn (ng/ml) by EIA	Maximum latex agglutination assay titer	Peak antibody response (AU) by EIA
1	M	74	ICU	Silicosis	3	Drain	0.38	0	6
2	M	40	Burns unit	Burns	5	Blood	0.28	0	5
3	F	71	Surgery	Colic cancer	5	Blood	0.12	0	9
4	M	42	ICU	Acute pancreatitis	6	Drain	0	0	4
5	M	56	Surgery	Colic perforation	1	Peritoneum	0	0	2
6	F	65	ICU	Cardiomyopathy	1	Blood	0	0	1
7	M	74	Surgery	Duodenopancreatectomy	1	Blood	0	0	1
8	M	28	Surgery	Splenic sarcoma	2	Blood	>10b	8	8
9	F	33	Infectious disease	AIDS	11	Blood	>10	64	6
10	M	71	Surgery	Pancreatectomy	1	Blood	>10	2	6
11	M	43	Digestive disease	AIDS	10	Blood	>10	512	0
12	M	59	Digestive disease	AIDS	2	Blood	>10	1	0
13	F	58	Surgery	Autolysis	6	Blood	>10	4	0
14	F	96	ICU	Pneumopathy	2	Drain	4.20	2	4
15	M	3	Surgery	Neuroblastoma	4	Drain	4.15	1	0
16	M	70	ICU	Peritonitis	4	Peritoneum	2.59	0	8
17	M	65	Surgery	Peritonitis	5	Peritoneum	1.00	0	8
18	F	65	ICU	Adenocarcinoma	5	Blood	0.86	2	5
19	M	30	Infectious disease	AIDS	3	Blood	0.69	0	0
20	F	47	Surgery	Inguinal hernia	1	Kidney	0	0	10
21	F	67	ICU	Peritonitis	3	Drain	0.23	0	10
22	M	54	ICU	Pelvic abscess	4	Drain	0	0	13
23	M	36	Surgery	Silicosis	5	Drain	0	0	17
24	F	71	Surgery	Colectomy	2	Blood	0	0	17
25	M	35	Surgery	Hepatocellular carcinoma peritonitis	5	Bladder	0	0	20
						Sound
26	M	58	Surgery		4	Drain	0	0	20
27	M	58	Digestive disease	Hysterectomy	1	Biopsy	0	0	21
28	M	56	Hematology	CML	6	Blood	0	0	38
29	M	46	Burns unit	Burns	1	Blood	0	0	44
30	M	46	Surgery	Cirrhosis	7	Biopsy specimen, blood	0	0	53
31	F	35	Infectious disease	AIDS, cholecystectomy	1	Blood	0	0	53
32	M	64	Infectious disease	Asthma	1	Blood	0	0	55
33	M	57	Surgery	Pulmonary lobectomy	2	Drain	0.10	0	83
34	M	46	Digestive disease	Cirrhosis	2	Drain	0.32	0	100
35	M	74	Surgery	Appendectomy	5	Blood	0	0	100
36	M	70	Surgery	Small intestine carcinoma	4	Drain, PLd	0	0	100
37	M	56	Surgery	Mesenteric fibroblastoma	2	Blood	0	0	100
38	F	83	Burns unit	Burns	2	Blood	1.02	0	11
39	M	56	Surgery	Liver transplantation	6	Blood	3.50	0	12 (7)e
40	F	72	Surgery	Small intestine fistula	3	Blood	2.00	1	53 (9)
41	M	65	Urology	Vesical carcinoma	5	Drain	1.74	0	57 (21)
42	F	62	ICU	Peritonitis	7	Drain	3.50	1	80 (13)
43	M	67	ICU	Septic shock	6	Drain	8.53	2	83 (6)

^aM, male; F, female. 

^bBoldface indicates positive results. 

^cCML, chronic myelocytic leukemia. 

^dPL, pleural liquid. 

^eValues in parentheses are antimannan antibody titer detected in the same sample which presented a peak of antigenemia.