Table 3 Distribution and time of diagnosis of fungal infection in the studied patients
Type of fungal infection | Distribution of fungal infection | Days between ICU admission and fungal infection diagnosis (mean ± SD) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sputum | Urine | Blood | Sputum + urine | Urine + Blood | Sputum + Blood | |||
Candidiasis (n = 61) | Candidiasis of isolated other sites (n = 43) | Candidiasis of multiple other sites (n = 18) | 9.96 ± 4.92 | |||||
(20) | (17) | (6) | (6) | (5) | (7) | |||
Aspergillosis (n = 11) | (11) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | 18.36 ± 5.77 | |
Mucormycosis (n = 5) | (3) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | (0) | 22.6 ± 2.51 | |
Other sites | ||||||||
(1) Oculo-Cerebral | (1) Rhino- cerebral | |||||||
Other fungal infections (n = 6) | (3) Alternaria (2) Fusarium (1) Penicillium |  |  | 13.33 ± 8.50 17.5 ± 7.77 23 ± 0 | ||||