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Table 7 Infectionsa recorded in patients who received immunosuppressive treatment

From: Immune-checkpoint inhibitor-induced diarrhea and colitis in patients with advanced malignancies: retrospective review at MD Anderson

Type of infection

No. (%)

Urinary tract infection

12 (38)

Clostridium difficile gastroenteritis

9 (28)

Pneumoniab

5 (16)

Disseminated Candida infection

2 (6)

Staphylococcal skin infection

2 (6)

Enteropathic Escherichia coli gastroenteritis

1 (3)

Bacteremia

1 (3)

  1. aTotal of 32 infections were recorded in 29 patients
  2. bThese 5 cases include two pseudomonas, one streptococcus, one fungal, and one viral infection