Review Article
Epidemiology of Rhodotorula: An Emerging Pathogen
Table 1
Summary of reports of Rhodotorula fungemia (2000–2011).
| Reference | Number of described cases | Species | Underlying disease |
| [46] | 7 | R. mucilaginosa | Hematological-solid malignancies | [52] | 10 | R.mucilaginosa | SBD; LT; AIDS | R.glutinis | [48] | 25 | R. mucilaginosa | Hematological-solid malignancies; LC; SCA; SBD; CLD
| [53] | 2 | R. glutinis/R. mucilaginosa | Lymphoma; solid tumor | [54] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | Lymphoma | [55] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | Lymphoma | [56] | 2 | R. mucilaginosa | Acute myeloid leukemia | [57] | 1 | R. glutinis | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | [58] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | SBD | [59] | 3 | Rhodotorula spp. | Hematological-solid malignancies | [60] | 4 | R. mucilaginosa | Prematurity | [61] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | Acute myeloid leukemia | [62] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | SCA | [63] | 2 | R. glutinis | Broad spectrum antibiotics | [64] | 1 | R. glutinis | Systemic lupus erythematous | [65] | 1 | R. glutinis | Solid organ transplant | [66] | 1 | R. glutinis | Liver cirrhosis | [67] | 1 | R. glutinis | Acute lymphoid leukemia | [68] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | MS/BMT | [69] | 1 | R. mucilaginosa | Multiple abdominal surgeries; ovarian cancer; bowel necrosis |
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BMT: bone marrow transplant; CLD: congenital liver disease; LC: liver cirrhosis; LT: lung transplant; MS: myelodysplastic syndrome; SBD: short bowel disease; SCA: sickle cell anemia; SOT: solid organ transplant.
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