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Table 1 The table describes the location of C. krusei isolation in patients with either confirmed invasive infection, patients with potentially significant infection, or patients with C. kruseicolonization.

From: A cluster of Candida kruseiinfections in a haematological unit

Patient

sex, age

Diagnosis

C. kruseiisolation

1

F 32

AML

BSI

2

M 62

AML

BSI

3

M 71

duodenal carcinoma

BSI

4

F 46

mastocytosis

BSI

5

F 64

abdominal surgery

BSI

6

M 86

CLL

BSI

7

M 53

AML

peritoneum

8

M 22

ALL

peritoneum

9

M 33

AML

oesophagus

10

M 39

AML

kidney, liver

11

F 53

AML

invasive candidiasis in autopsy

12

M 55

AML

invasive candidiasis in autopsy

13

F 62

AML

typhlitis, pneumonia

14

M 67

AML

aortitis, pneumonia

15

M 69

multiple myeloma

severe mucositis

16

F 59

AML

rectum, pharynx

17

F 66

MDS

rectum, pharynx

18

F 59

lymphoma

rectum, pharynx

19

F 70

MDS

rectum, pharynx

20

M 22

toxic reaction*

rectum, pharynx

21

M 21

eosinophilic leukaemia

rectum, pharynx

22

M 65

AML

rectum, pharynx

  1. M, male; F, female; BSI, blood stream infection; AML, acute myeloid leukaemia; ALL, acute lymphatic leukaemia; CLL, chronic lymphatic leukaemia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.
  2. *The toxic reaction refers to bone marrow suppression due to alcohol abuse