Table 6.

The clinical characteristics of the patients with positive PCR results for PF (n = 18).

No.a	Age	Sex	Group	Candidemia	Direct smear microscopy in PF	PF culture	Candida DNA identification by PCR in PFb	Serum BDG (pg/ml)	Initial antifungal drugs	Survival in ICU
						Bacteria	Fungi
1	78	F	NIAC	No	NF	NF	NF	Candida albicans	189.7	Caspofungin
2	89	M	IAC	No	NF	NF	Candida albicans	Candida albicans	<10	Caspofungin
3	71	M	IAC	NP	NF	Enterococcus faecalis	Candida albicans	Candida albicans	<10	Caspofungin
4	78	F	NIAC	No	NF	Acinetobacter baumanii	NF	Candida parapsilosis	<10	Caspofungin
5	71	M	NIAC	No	GPC	Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis	NF	Candida lusitaniae	<10	Micafungin
6	83	M	IAC	No	NF	Klebsiella pneumoniae	Candida glabrata	Candida glabrata	59.9	Micafungin
7	64	M	NIAC	No	NF	Escherichia Coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterococcus faecalis	NF	Candida parapsilosis	<10	Caspofungin
8	72	M	IAC	No	Fungal spores, GNB, GPC	NF	Candida krusei	Candida krusei	<10	Caspofungin
9	48	M	NIAC	No	NF	Escherichia Coli	NF	Candida albicans	28.8	Caspofungin
10	87	M	NIAC	NP	NF	NF	NF	Candida tropicalis	43.3	No
11	79	M	IAC	No	NF	NF	Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis	Candida glabrata	<10	No
12	82	M	IAC	No	GPC	Staphylococcus aureus	Candida albicans	Candida albicans	135.2	Micafungin
13	74	F	IAC	No	NF	NF	Candida tropicalis	Candida tropicalis	<10	Caspofungin
14	89	F	NIAC	No	NF	Klebsiella pneumoniae	NF	Candida albicans	<10	No
15	66	M	IAC	No	NF	NF	Candida glabrata	Candida glabrata	<10	Micafungin
16	63	M	IAC	Yes	GPC	Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus	NF	Candida glabrata	<10	Caspofungin
17	78	M	IAC	No	GBN, GPC	Enterococcus avium, Citrobacter freundii	Candida tropicalis	Candida tropicalis	26.6	Caspofungin, AmB
18	74	F	IAC	NP	Fungal spores, GNB	Enterobacter cloacae	NF	Candida albicans	<10	Caspofungin

^aIn this table, No. 1.4.5.7.9.10 and 14 patients with positive Candida PCR were in NIAC group; No. 16 patient was in IAC group because of candidemia; No. 18 patient was in IAC group because of fungal spores in direct smear microscopy in PF. ^bGenBank accession numbers for the nucleotide sequences were OP418489-OP418506. PCR, polymerase chain reaction; PF, peritoneal fluids; IAC, intra-abdominal candidiasis; BDG, (1–3)-ß-D-glucan; GPC, Gram-positive cocci; GNB, Gram-negative bacilli; NF, not found; NP, not performed; AmB, amphotericin B.