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. 1999 Jun;37(6):1732–1738. doi: 10.1128/jcm.37.6.1732-1738.1999

TABLE 4.

Causative agents of mycoses with the major underlying diseasesa

Agent Leukemia and MDS
Solid cancersb
Lymphoma
Myeloma
Organ transplantation
n % n % n % n % n %
Candida 397 26.4 713 48.0 178 36.6 64 37.6 3 30.0
Aspergillus 564 37.5 377 25.4 151 31.0 50 29.4 2 20.0
Cryptococcus 25 1.7 90 6.1 19 3.9 13 7.6 2 20.0
Zygomycetes 101 6.7 23 1.5 17 3.5 12 7.1 0 0.0
Other 5 0.3 2 0.1 1 0.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
Unknown 296 19.7 246 16.6 102 20.9 23 13.5 2 20.0
Complicated 118 7.8 34 2.3 19 3.9 8 4.7 1 10.0
Total 1,506 100.0 1,485 100.0 487 100.0 170 100.0 10 100.0
a

Data are from references 32, 33, 34, and 36

b

Solid cancers include the cases listed in Table 3 plus 126 other cases.