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Table 7 Effect of fungal infection on patients’ outcomes

From: Fungal infection profile in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective study at a large teaching hospital in a middle-income country

Total case

(n = 253)

Negative Fungal

(n = 170)

Positive

Fungal (n = 83)

Candidiasis (n = 61)

Aspergillosis (n = 11)

Mucormycosis (n = 5)

Other fungi (n = 6)

Blood

Sputum

Urine

Multisite infection

Noninvasive MV (n = 135)

67/170

(39.4%)

68/83

(81.9%)

5/6

(83.3%)

15/20

(75%)

12/17

(70.6%)

17/18

(94.4%)

9/11

(81.8%)

5/5

(100%)

5/6

(83.3%)

Invasive MV (n = 79)

24/170

(14.1%)

55/83

(66.2%)

5/6

(83.3%)

8/20

(40%)

7/17

(41.2%)

16/18

(88.9%)

9/11

(81.8%)

5/5

(100%)

5/6

(83.3%)

Length of hospital stay: median (range)

6.9

(2–24)

13.5

(2–47)

11.9

(7–25)

14.1

(2–47)

15.5

(4–21)

13.4

(3–25)

13.6

(7–20)

17.6

(14–20)

12.7

(2–19)

Case fatality (n = 75/253) (29.6%)

22/170

(12.9%)

53/83

(63.9%)

5/6

(83.3%)

7/20

35%

6/17

(35.3%)

16/18

(88.9%)

9/11

(81.8%)

5/5

(100%)

5/6

(83.3%)