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Table 1 Demographic and clinical description of Iranian cancer patients with oral colonization or infection

From: Identification of uncommon oral yeasts from cancer patients by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

Cancer Type

Count

Candidiasis / Colonization

Species

Prophylaxis

Anamorph

Teleomorph

Total (%)

Sex (M/F)

Basal Cell Carcinoma

1 (0.6%)

0/1

0/1

C. albicans (1)

Unknown

1

Breast Cancer

10 (6.1%)

0/10

3/7

C. albicans (9)

-

1

C. krusei (1)

Pichia kudriavzevii (1965)

Bronchial Adenoma

1 (0.6%)

1/0

0/1

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Congestive Heart Failure

1 (0.6%)

0/1

0/1

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Colorectal Cancer

18 (11.1%)

9/9

3/15

C. albicans (7)

-

1

C. glabrata (5)

Unknown

C. kefyr (3)

Kluyveromyces marxianus (1971)

C. dubliniensis (2)

Unknown

C. lusitaniae (1)

Clavispora lusitaniae

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

1 (0.6%)

1/0

1/0

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Esophagus Cancer

6 (3.7%)

2/4

0/6

C. glabrata (3)

-

–

C. albicans (2)

-

C. krusei (1)

Pichia kudriavzevii (1965)

Gastric Cancer

13 (8.0%)

8/5

2/11

C. albicans (8)

-

2

C. glabrata (2)

-

C. dubliniensis (1)

-

C. tropicalis (1)

Unknown

Saprochata capitata (1)

Unknown

Hepatocellular Carcinoma

5 (3.1%)

2/3

1/4

C. albicans (3)

-

1

C. glabrata (2)

-

Renal Cell Carcinoma

1 (0.6%)

1/0

0/1

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Lung Carcinoma

13 (8.0%)

10/3

3/10

C. albicans (10)

-

–

C. glabrata (3)

-

Lymphoma

83 (51.2%)

57/26

20/63

C. albicans (32)

-

16

C. glabrata (22)

-

C. krusei (14)

Pichia kudriavzevii (1965)

C. tropicalis (6)

-

C. dubliniensis (3)

-

C. kefyr (3)

Kluyveromyces marxianus (1971)

C. eremophila (1)

Pichia kluyveri

C. parapsilosis (1)

Unknown

C. robusta (1)

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Nasopharyngeal Cancer

2 (1.2%)

2/0

0/2

C. glabrata (2)

–

–

Pancreatic Cancer

1 (0.6%)

1/0

0/1

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Prostate Cancer

1 (0.6%)

1/0

0/1

C. albicans (1)

–

–

Sarcoma

1 (0.6%)

1/0

0/1

C. glabrata (1)

–

–

Uterine Cancer

4 (2.5%)

0/4

0/4

C. albicans (4)

–

–

Total

162 (≈100%)

95/67

33/129

C. albicans (82)

-

22

C. glabrata (40)

-

C. krusei (16)

Pichia kudriavzevii (1965)

C. tropicalis (7)

-

C. dubliniensis (6)

-

C. kefyr (6)

Kluyveromyces marxianus (1971)