Recurring Events of Candida krusei Septicaemia: First Report from an ICU

Table 2

Cases of Candida krusei blood stream infections cited in the literature.

References	Number of patients	Gestational age at birth	Risk factors	Culture origin	Therapy	Outcome
Wanjari et al., 2008 [14]	01	28 wks	Prematurity, congenital tuberculosis	Gastric blood	Fluconazole, amphotericin B	Recovered
Patted et al., 2009 [15]	01	34 wks	Prematurity, broad spectrum antibiotics	Right ventricular mass	Not mentioned	Expired
Natale et al., 2009 [16]	01	26 wks	Prematurity, thrombocytopenia, and fluconazole prophylaxis	Peripheral blood culture	Amphotericin B, caspofungin	Recovered
Amaral-Lopes and Moura, 2012 [17]	03	25 wks; 31 wks; 29 wks	Premature; pneumoperitoneum; abdominal distension, and hyperglycemia	Blood culture	Liposomal amphotericin B	Recovered
Handrick et al., 1989 [18]	07	Full term	Perinatal problems (Not specified)	Blood culture	Miconazole/; ketoconazole	Recovered
Rongpharpi et al., 2014 [5]	07	28–36 wks	Preterm, low birth weight	Blood culture	Amphotericin B	Recovered