Review Article
Epidemiology of Rhodotorula: An Emerging Pathogen
Table 2
Summary of reports of Rhodotorula infections other than fungemia from 2000 to 2011.
| Reference | Species | Underlying disease | Infection site | Outcome |
| [70–73] | R. rubra; R. minuta | HIV; HCV; NU | Endophthalmitis; keratitis | Alive | [74–78] | R. rubra; R. glutinis; R. mucilaginosa | HIV; NU | Meningitis | Alive/Death | [79–81] | R. mucilaginosa; R. minuta | HIV; NU | Prosthetic joint | Alive | [82–86] | R. mucilaginosa | HIV, SOT; chronic renal failure | Peritonitis | Alive/Death | [87] | R. mucilaginosa | NU | Onychomycosis | Alive | [88, 89] | R. mucilaginosa | HIV, | Oral ulcers, dermatitis | Alive | [90] | R. mucilaginosa | NU | Arotic homograft endocarditis | Alive | [91] | R. mucilaginosa | HIV | Lymphadenitis | Alive |
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HCV: chronic hepatitis C; NU: no underlying disease described; SOT: solid organ transplant.
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