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Table 3 Serial change of serum (1,3)-β-D-glucan along with anti-fungal treatment

From: The diagnostic value of (1,3)-β-D-glucan alone or combined with traditional inflammatory markers in neonatal invasive candidiasis

Patient

Week

Culture result

BDG level (pg/ml)

Antifungal

Outcome

1

0*

C. albicans

1000

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

954.6

  

2

0*

C. parapsilosis

10

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

78.17

  

2

 

70.95

  

3

 

71.27

  

3

0*

C. albicans

789.5

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

684.7

  

2

 

419.2

  

3

 

274

  

4

0*

C. glabrata

21.7

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

10

  

5

0*

C. albicans

191

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

292.5

  

2

 

126.3

  

6

0*

C. albicans

726.3

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

876.8

  

2

 

900.2

  

3

 

893.2

  

4

 

889.5

  

5

 

900.3

  

6

 

400.4

  

7

0*

C. parapsilosis

1000

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

10

  

8

0*

C. albicans

10

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

174.7

  

2

 

111.5

  

9

0*

C. albicans

1000

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

401.7

  

2

 

280.9

  

3

 

380.1

  

4

 

161.1

  

5

 

89.1

  

10

0*

C. parapsilosis

1000

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

378.2

  

2

 

100.2

  

11

0*

C. parapsilosis

1000

Fluconazole

survived

1

 

1000

  

2

 

1000

  
  1. * represents the week when the blood culture was positive