TABLE 3.
Results of Candida culture of blood and PCR assay of serum of patients at risk (group 3) and patients with systemic candidiasis (group 4)a
| Patient no. | Sex | Disease or condition | Result obtained with:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candida blood culture | PCR (serum) | DEIA (OD) | |||
| Group 3 | |||||
| 28a | f | Pancreatic malignancy | − | + | + (0.420) |
| 29 | f | Surgery | − | − | − (0.025) |
| 30 | m | Guillain-Barré syndrome | − | − | − (0.123) |
| 31 | m | Asthma | − | + | + (0.777) |
| 32 | m | Surgery | − | − | + (0.260) |
| 33 | m | Surgery | − | − | − (0.046) |
| 34 | m | Surgery | − | + | − (0.034) |
| 35 | m | Surgery | − | − | − (0.055) |
| 36 | m | Nephrectomy | − | − | − (0.035) |
| Group 4 | |||||
| 28b | f | Pancreatic malignancy | + | + | + (2.496) |
| 37 | m | Burn | + | + | + (2.290) |
| 38 | m | Pneumonia | + | + | + (1.490) |
| 39a | m | Surgery | + | + | + (2.324) |
| 39b | m | 39a after therapy | − | − | − (0.024) |
| 40 | m | Burn | + | + | + (0.355) |
| 41 | f | Myelopathy | + | + | + (0.583) |
| 42 | m | Pneumonia | + | + | + (2.429) |
a
m, male; f, female; +, positive; −, negative. Candida culture refers to all Candida species.