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Table 2 Clinical feature and outcome of 121 episodes of 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)

Underlying disease

         

Solid tumor

14 (31.1)

4 (16.7)

2 (11.1)

2 (22.2)

3 (42.9)

1 (16.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

26 (21.5)

Hematologic malignancy

3 (6.7)

2 (8.3)

6 (33.3)

1 (11.1)

0 (0)

1 (16.7)

3 (60.0)

2 (28.6)

18 (14.9)

Diabetes mellitus

5 (11.1)

5 (20.8)

1 (5.6)

3 (33.3)

0 (0)

1 (16.7)

0 (0)

1 (14.3)

16 (13.2)

Cardiac disease

13 (28.9)

5 (20.8)

3 (16.7)

4 (44.4)

2 (28.6)

2 (33.3)

2 (40.0)

1 (14.3)

32 (26.4)

Chronic pulmonary disease

13 (28.9)

4 (16.7)

2 (11.1)

2 (22.2)

1 (14.3)

1 (16.7)

1 (20.0)

2 (28.6)

26 (21.5)

Prior surgical intervention (<30 days)

28 (62.2)

10 (41.7)

9 (50.0)

5 (55.6)

6 (85.7)

4 (66.7)

2 (40.0)

2 (28.6)

66 (54.5)

Corticosteroid use

7 (15.6)

4 (16.7)

2 (11.1)

2 (22.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (60.0)

2 (28.6)

20 (16.5)

Prior antifungal agents use (<30 days)

1 (2.2)

5 (20.8)

2 (11.1)

2 (22.2)

1 (14.3)

1 (16.7)

4 (80.0)

0 (0)

16 (13.2)

Severity of clinical feature

        

Parenteral nutrition

20 (44.4)

9 (37.5)

3 (16.7)

7 (77.8)

3 (42.9)

2 (33.3)

2 (40.0)

2 (28.6)

48 (39.7)

Mechanical ventilation

9 (20.0)

4 (16.7)

1 (5.6)

5 (55.6)

0 (0)

1 (16.7)

2 (40.0)

0 (0)

22 (18.2)

Sepsis

40 (88.9)

14 (58.3)

17 (94.4)

4 (44.4)

6 (85.7)

5 (83.3)

3 (60.0)

6 (85.7)

95 (78.5)

Renal replacement therapy

6 (13.3)

2 (8.3)

0 (0)

2 (22.2)

1 (14.3)

0 (0)

1 (20.0)

0 (0)

12 (9.9)

Central venous catheter

37 (82.2)

16 (66.7)

13 (72.2)

9 (100)

6 (85.7)

4 (66.7)

4 (80.0)

6 (85.7)

95 (78.5)

Neutropenia

2 (4.4)

0 (0)

6 (33.3)

1 (11.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (60.0)

2 (28.6)

14 (11.6)

28-day mortality

16 (35.6)

4 (16.7)

7 (38.9)

0 (0)

1 (14.3)

0 (0)

2 (40.0)

4 (57.1)

34 (28.1)

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