Table 2 Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data of the 13 patients with positive PCR

1

M

19 d

Ichthyosis, prematurity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

C.parapsilosis

C. parapsilosis

2

M

14 d

Prematurity

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

C. albicans

C. albicans

3

F

44 d

Esophageal atresia

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

C. albicans

C. albicans

4

F

20 m

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

C. tropicalis

C. tropicalis

5

M

20 m

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

C. albicans

C. albicans

6

F

11 m

Hydrocephalus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

C. albicans

C. albicans

7

M

5 y

Disseminated medullobastoma

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

C. krusei

C. krusei

8

F

16 m

Hydrocephalus

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

C. albicans

C. albicans

9

M

3 y

Bone marrow transplantation, neuroblastoma

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

Negative

C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis ^a

10

F

15 y

Osteosarcoma, septic shock

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

Negative

C. parapsilosis ^a

11

M

35 d

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

Negative

C. tropicalis ^a

12

M

9 d

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survived

Negative

C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis ^a

13

M

55 d

Necrotizing enterocholitis

Yes

Yes

Yes

Died

Negative

C. tropicalis and C. parapsilosis ^a