Nosocomial candidaemias due to species other than Candida albicans in cancer patients (original) (raw)

Supportive Care in Cancer, 1999

Abstract

Forty-five cases of fungaemia due non-albicans Candida spp. (NAC) in a single National Cancer Institution within 10 years were analysed for aetiology, risk factors and outcome. There had been 12 cases of fungaemia that were due to C. krusei, 14 due to C. parapsilosis, 7 due to C. (T.) glabrata, 6 to C. tropicalis, 2 to C. guillermondii, 2 to C. lusitaniae, 1 to C. stellatoidea, and 1 to C. rugosa. Comparison of 45 NAC fungaemia with 75 episodes of C. albicans fungaemia revealed differences only in two risk factors: previous empiric therapy with amphotericin B (16.0 vs 2.2%, P C. albicans fungaemia, and prior prophylaxis with fluconazole (8.9 vs 0%, P C. albicans fungaemia in our cancer patients.

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