Candida bloodstream infection among children hospitalised in three public-sector hospitals in the Metro West region of Cape Town, South Africa

Table 4 Outcome associated with Candida bloodstream infection

	Total N = 77	C. albicans BSI N = 38	Non-C. albicans BSI N = 39	P value*
Recovered after antifungal therapy	57 (74)	31 (82)	26 (67)	0.1
Death within 30 days of Candida BSI	13 (17)	5 (13)	8 (21)	0.6
Death after 30 days of Candida BSI	1 (1)	1 (3)	0 (0)	1.0
Unknown, transferred to another hospital before antifungal therapy initiated	2 (3)	1 (3)	1 (3)	1.0
Not treated with antifungal therapy, remained well	4 (5)	0 (0)	4 (10.)	0.1

C. albicans Candida albicans, non-C. albicans non-Candida albicans, BSI bloodstream infection
*Comparison of C. albicans and non-C. albicans BSI

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