Table 1 The numbers of yeast isolates among various clinical samples
Yeast species | Clinical sample (number) | Ward (number) | Predisposing factor (number) | Molecular method for identification | Male to female sex ratio | Total number | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. albicans | Urine (39), Fingernail (11), Skin lesion (9), BAL (8), Vaginal discharge (3), Blood (3), Ear discharge (1), Eye discharge (1), trachea (1) | Outpatient (39), Gynaecology (10), ICU (9), Infectious Diseases (8), Surgical (3), Men (3), Neonatal (2), Dialysis (1), NICU (1) | Pregnancy (15), Diabetes Mellitus (10), Burn (2), Liver Cancer (1), Hepatitis (1), Leukemia (1), Asthma (1), Kidney stone (1), Lupus (1) | PCR–RFLP, Duplex-PCR | 33/43 | 76 | 42.3 |
C. glabrata | Urine (72), Blood (5), Toenail (3), Skin lesion (5), trachea (2), Ear Discharge (1), Thrush (1), BAL (1), Vaginal discharge (1), Fingernail (1) | Outpatient (41), Surgical (13), NICU (12), ICU (7), Infectious Diseases (6), Gynaecology (5), CCU (3), General Neurology (3), Dialysis (1), Burn (1) | Diabetes Mellitus (20), Pregnancy (18), Kidney Stone (4), Burn (3), Lymphoma (1), Breast Cancer (1), Renal Failure (1), Splenectomy (1), Asthma (1), Tuberculosis (1), Constipation (1) | PCR–RFLP, Multiplex-PCR | 29/63 | 92 | 43.3 |
Pichia kudriavzevii (teleomorph of the Candida krusei) | Urine (7), BAL (1) | Outpatient (3), Surgical (2), ICU (1), NICU (1), Neonatal (1) | Pregnancy (3), Kidney Stone (1), Tuberculosis (1) | PCR-sequencing | 3/5 | 8 | 50.3 |
C. kefyr | Urine (6), Skin lesion (1) | Outpatient (4), Surgical (1), ICU (1), NICU (1) | Diabetes Mellitus (3), Burn (1) | PCR–RFLP | 4/3 | 7 | 40.1 |
C. parapsilosis | Fingernail (2), Toenail (1), Skin lesion (1), Urine (1), Thrush (1) | Outpatient (4), NICU (2) | Diabetes Mellitus (1) | PCR–RFLP, Multiplex-PCR | 2/4 | 6 | 40 |
C. tropicalis | Urine (3) | Outpatient (2), General Neurology (1) | Diabetes Mellitus (1), Leukemia (1) | PCR–RFLP | 2/1 | 3 | 37.3 |
C. dubliniensis | BAL (1) | Infectious Diseases (1) | – | PCR–RFLP, Duplex-PCR | 0/1 | 1 | 35 |
C. guilliermondii | Urine (1) | Outpatient (1) | – | PCR–RFLP | 0/1 | 1 | 33 |
C. orthopsilosis | Fingernail (1) | Outpatient (1) | – | PCR–RFLP, Multiplex-PCR | 0/1 | 1 | 41 |
C. famata (Debaryomyces hansenii) | Urine (1) | NICU (1) | – | PCR–RFLP | 0/1 | 1 | 47 |
Kluyveromyces marxianus (teleomorph of the Candida parapsilosis) | BAL (1) | Infectious Diseases (1) | – | PCR-sequencing | 0/1 | 1 | 65 |
Trichosporon asahii | Urine (4) | ICU (1), Dialysis (1), Surgical (1), Outpatient (1) | Diabetes Mellitus (3), Renal Failure (1) | PCR-sequencing | 1/3 | 4 | 41.5 |
Pichia terricola | Urine (1) | Maternity (1) | Pregnancy (1) | PCR-sequencing | 0/1 | 1 | 35 |