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Table 1 Types of organisms and infections in previously reported cases of ruxolitinib-associated infection [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17]

From: Cryptococcal fungemia and Mycobacterium haemophilum cellulitis in a patient receiving ruxolitinib: a case report and literature review

Organisms

Infections

Number of Patients

Bacteria

Cellulitis/necrotizing fasciitis

1

Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

1

Bronchitis/pneumonia

NA

Urinary tract infection

NA

Osteomyelitis

NA

Sepsis

NA

Mycobacteria

Tuberculosis

91

NTM

23

Virus

HSV/VZV infection

4

HBV reactivation

3

EBV-related disease (CNS lymphoma, gastric ulcer)

2

CMV retinitis

1

Disseminated molluscum contagiosum

1

JC virus (meningitis, granule cell neuronopathy, PML)

3

Fungus

Coccidioidomycosis

8

Cryptococcosis

6

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

3

Invasive aspergillosis

2

Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection

1

Rhino-orbital mucormycosis

1

Parasite

Toxoplasma retinitis

1

  1. Abbreviations: CMV Cytomegalovirus, CNS Central nervous system, EBV Epstein-Barr virus, HBV Hepatitis B virus, HSV Herpes simplex virus, NA Not available, NTM Nontuberculous mycobacterium, PML Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, VZV Varicella zoster virus