Table 1
Review of clinical cases of disseminated yeast infection diagnosed from peripheral blood smears
| Ref | No. of cases | Category of patients | Outcome | Isolated species | Antifungal treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMB, amphotericin B; BMT, bone marrow transplantation; CLL, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia; 5FC, 5-fluorocytosine. | |||||
| Berrouane et al.J Clin Pathol 1998;:–8 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Death | Candida albicans | Fluconazole |
| Manabe et al.Rinsho Ketsueki 1997;–73 | 1 | Disseminated neuroblastoma | Death | Rhodotorula rubra | − |
| 1 | Langerhan’s cell histiocytosis | Death | Candida guilliermondii | AMB | |
| Gavinet et al.J Mycol Med 1995;–5 | 1 | Epidermoidal carcinoma | Death | Candida glabrata | AMB |
| Chao et al. Bone Marrow Transplant 1994;–9 | 1 | Syngeneic BMT | Alive | Candida parapsilosis | Fluconazole |
| 1 | Allogeneic BMT | Alive | Rhodotorula glutinis | AMB | |
| Girmenia and Jaalouk. Eur J Haematol 1994;–5 | 4 | Haematological malignancies | Alive | C parapsilosis (2), C guilliermondii (1), Hansenula anomala (1) | − |
| Supparatpinyo and Sirisantana. Clin Infect Dis 1994;–7 | 1 | AIDS | Loss of sight | Penicillium marneffei | AMB |
| Casanova-Cardiel and Ruiz-Ordaz. Rev Invest Clin 1993;–70 | 4 | AIDS | Death | Histoplasma capsulatum | None (1), AMB (3) |
| Marshall et al. Am J Clin Pathol 1990;–32 | 2 | AIDS | − | H capsulatum (2) | − |
| 2 | Prematurity | − | C albicans (1), C parapsilosis (1) | − | |
| 2 | Intestinal diseases | − | C albicans (1), Candida tropicalis (1) | − | |
| Rosti et al. Haematologica 1990;–1 | 1 | Allogeneic BMT | Alive | C tropicalis | Liposomal AMB |
| Yao et al. Am J Med 1990;:–2 | 1 | AIDS | Death | Cryptococcus neoformans | − |
| Buchman et al. JAMA 1988;: | 1 | Longterm total parenteral nutrition | Alive | C glabrata | AMB |
| Kates et al. Lab Med 1988;: | 1 | Longterm total parenteral nutrition | Alive | Candida krusei, then C albicans | AMB |
| Ossenkoppele et al. Neth J Med 1988;–2 | 1 | Autologous BMT | Alive | C parapsilosis | AMB |
| Dietriech et al. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1987;–96 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Monihan et al. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1986;–1 | 1 | CLL and Kaposi’s sarcoma | Death | C parapsilosis | AMB |
| Paul et al. Pediatr Infect Dis 1986;–5 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Baptist et al. N Y State J Med 1985;–5 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | None |
| Henochowicz et al. JAMA 1985;: | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Macher et al. Ophthalmology 1985;–64 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Wheat et al. Am J Med 1985;–10 | 1 | AIDS | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Bonner et al. Arch Intern Med 1984;–81 | 1 | AIDS | Alive | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Girard et al. South Med J 1977;–6 | 1 | Metastatic carcinoma | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| 1 | Hodgkin lymphoma | Death | H capsulatum | AMB | |
| Kobza and Steenblock. BMJ 1977;–1 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Alive | C albicans | AMB+5FC |
| Portnoy et al. N Engl J Med 1971;–11 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Alive | C albicans | AMB+5FC |
| 1 | Malabsorption syndrome | Death | C albicans | AMB | |
| Hahn et al. MO Med 1973;–50 | 1 | CLL | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Silverman et al. Am J Clin Pathol 1973;–5 | 1 | Intestinal obstruction | Death | C albicans | AMB |
| Jacobs. JAMA 1969;: | 1 | Renal transplantation | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Lopez and Grocott. Am J Clin Pathol 1968;–4 | 1 | Histiocytosis X | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Holland and Holland. Am J Dis Child 1966;–21 | 1 | Abdominal distension | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Jobe and Koepke. Tech Bull Regist Med Technol 1966;–7 | 1 | Anaemia | Death | H capsulatum | AMB |
| Hood et al. Can Med Assoc J 1965;–92 | 1 | Renal homotransplantation | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Silverman et al. Am J Med 1955;–59 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Ffrench and Shemoi. Can Med Assoc J 1954;–41 | 1 | Aplastic anaemia | Death | C albicans | − |
| Parsons and Zarafonetis. Arch Intern Med 1945;–23 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Reid et al. J Lab Clin Med 1942;–34 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Amolsch and Wax. Am J Pathol 1939;–81 | 1 | − | Death | H capsulatum | − |
| Dodd and Tompkins. Am J Trop Med 1934;–37 | 1 | Anaemia | Death | H capsulatum | − |
