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Table 1 Characteristics and outcome of 30 infants with candiduria from 13 Canadian neonatal intensive care units

From: Characteristics and outcome of infants with candiduria in neonatal intensive care - a Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study

Case

GA

BW

Primary Diagnoses

Corticosteroids prior to candiduria

Day of life candiduria detected (Source)

Species

Sites of extra-renal dissemination

Outcome

1

24

780

Trisomy 21, Prematurity

yes

19 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

deceased

2

24

752

RDS, Prematurity

yes

16 (catheter)

C. glabrata

None

 

3

33

2435

Renal Disease

no

13 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

4

35

3320

Sepsis

no

17 (catheter)

C. parapsilosis

None

 

5

41

3385

RDS, Renal Disease

yes

6 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

6

35

2570

Renal Disease

no

15 (SPA)

C. albicans

None

 

7

38

3000

Omphalocele

yes

11 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

8

26

635

CHD, Prematurity

no

29 (catheter)

C. parapsilosis

None

deceased

9

34

1875

Sepsis

no

15 (SPA)

C. parapsilosis

None

 

10

40

2800

CHD

no

15 (catheter)

C. lusitanae

None

 

11

27

1025

RDS, Prematurity

yes

22 (SPA)

C. albicans

None

 

12

40

3024

CHD

yes

39 (catheter)

C. parapsilosis

None

 

13

37

3090

Renal Disease

no

15 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

14

39

3400

CHD

no

16 (catheter)

C. tropicalis

None

deceased

15

38

4255

GI Disease

no

14 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

16

35

2620

Renal Disease

yes

21 (SPA)

C. albicans

None

 

17

40

3630

CHD

yes

11 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

18

38

2750

Trisomy 21

yes

35 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

deceased

19

40

3500

CHD

yes

15 (catheter)

C. tropicalis

None

deceased*

20

39

3930

CHD

no

84 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

deceased

21

40

3030

Renal Disease

no

11 (SPA)

C. albicans

None

 

22

30

1445

Sepsis

no

7 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

23

25

815

RDS, Prematurity

yes

48 (catheter)

C. lusitanae

None

 

24

24

650

RDS, Prematurity

no

9 (SPA)

C. albicans

None

 

25

25

725

RDS, Prematurity

no

35 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

26

24

575

RDS, Prematurity

yes

56 (catheter)

C. albicans

None

 

27

26

830

Prematurity, NEC

no

6 (SPA)

C. albicans

Blood

 

28

28

1170

CHD

no

58 (catheter)

C. albicans

Brain

deceased*

29

33

2200

CHD

no

77 (SPA)

C. parapsilosis

Blood

deceased

30

37

3225

CHD

yes

50 (catheter)

C. albicans

Blood

deceased*

  1. BW - birthweight; CHD - congenital heart disease; GA - gestational age; NEC - necrotizing enterocolitis; RDS - respiratory distress syndrome; SPA - suprapubic aspirate
  2. * Death was thought to be related to candidal infection