Research Article
Spectrum of Opportunistic Fungal Infections in HIV/AIDS Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Table 3
Distribution of different fungal isolates among various clinical samples.
| | Clinical samples () | Patients | Fungal isolate distribution in clinical samples | | Patient, | Patient, % | | Organism, | Organism, % |
| | Oropharyngeal | 280 | 100 | Candida spp. | 138 | 49.3 |
| | Induced sputum | 91 | 32.5 | Candida spp. | 30 | 33.0 | | Aspergillus spp. | 12 | 13.2 | | Penicillium spp. | 4 | 4.4 | | Alternaria spp. | 2 | 2.2 | | Cryptococcus spp. | 1 | 1.1 |
| | Blood | 89 | 31.8 | Candida spp. | 8 | 9.0 |
| | CSF | 73 | 26.2 | Cryptococcus spp. | 6 | 8.2 | | Candida spp. | 1 | 1.4 |
| | Stool | 39 | 13.9 | Candida spp. | 3 | 7.7 | | Rhodotorula spp. | 2 | 5.1 |
| | Urine | 33 | 11.8 | Candida spp. | 5 | 15.2 | | Aspergillus spp. | 2 | 6.1 |
| | Skin | 4 | 1.4 | No growth | — | — |
| | Genital sample | 3 | 1.1 | Candida spp. | 1 | 33.3 |
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