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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 121 patients with candidemia in shanghai

From: Epidemiology, species distribution and outcome of nosocomial Candida spp.bloodstream infection in Shanghai

 

C. albicans( n=45)

C. parapsilosis( n=24)

C. tropicalis( n=18)

C. glabrata (n=9)

C. guilliermondii (n=7)

C. sake (n=6)

C. krusei( n=5)

Other Candida(n=7)*

Total (n=121)

P value

Age (years, Mean±SD)

61.7±16.7

62.5±19.7

46.8±21.1

56.1±24.1

58.6±10.6

54.3±18.9

40.8±27.1

52.6±24.4

57.3±19.9

0.07

Male sex, n(%)

32(71.7)

17(70.8)

14(77.8)

9 (100)

3 (42.9)

6 (100)

2 (40.0)

4 (57.1)

87 (71.9)

-

Orginal n(%)

          

Internal Medicine ward

5(11.2)

8(33.3)

7 (38.9)

1 (11.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (60.0)

3 (42.9)

27 (22.3)

-

Surgery ward

20(44.4)

7(29.2)

5(27.8)

4 (44.4)

5 (71.4)

4 (66.7)

0 (0)

1 (14.3)

46 (38.0)

-

Intensive care unit

20(44.4)

9(37.5)

6 (33.3)

4 (44.4)

2 (28.6)

2 (33.3)

2 (40.0)

3 (42.9)

48 (39.7)

-

Time from admission to infection

29.5±37.6

35.9±32.3

31.8±26.1

38.7±23.4

31.4±21.3

152.8±278.3

64.2±68.6

26.9±17.2

39.3±70.7

0.01

(day, Mean±SD)

         

Length of hospitalization

62.1±68.6

66.0±45.4

61.1±48.8

85.0±57.4

50.7±29.7

224.3±317.8

92.4±88.5

87.9±145.7

74.6±97.7

0.02

(day, Mean±SD)

         

Turnaround time (TAT)

4.04±1.36

4.83±0.82

3.94±1.43

6.11±1.36

4.43±1.13

4.33±1.75

4.40±1.52

4.86±1.22

4.44±1.38

0.002

(day, Mean±SD)

         
  1. *Other Candida spp. includes C. lusitaniae (2), C. intermedia (2), C. theae (2) and C. haemulonii (1).