Table 2.
Distribution per year of Candida species according to hospital ward.
| Candida Species | Emergency % (n) |
Medical Ward % (n) |
Surgical Ward % (n) |
ICU % (n) |
COVID-19 ICU % (n) |
COVID-19 Ward % (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. albicans n = 336 | 4.5 (15) | 33.3 (112) | 23.2 (78) | 22 (74) | 13.7 (46) | 3.3 (11) |
| C. parapsilosis complex n = 237 | 1.7 (4) | 37.9 (90) | 19 (45) | 27 (64) | 12.7 (30) | 1.7 (4) |
| C. glabrata n = 105 | 7.6 (8) | 37.1 (39) | 21.9 (23) | 22.9 (24) | 6.7 (7) | 3.8 (4) |
| C. tropicalis n = 40 | 10 (4) | 35 (14) | 27.5 (11) | 7.5 (3) | 17.5 (7) | 2.5 (1) |
| C. krusei n = 14 | 7.1 (1) | 14.3 (2) | - | 57.2 (8) | 21.4 (3) | - |
| C. guilliermondii n = 7 | - | - | 42.8 (3) | 28.6 (2) | 28.6 (2) | - |
| C. lusitaniae n = 4 | - | 25 (1) | 25 (1) | 25 (1) | 25 (1) | - |
| C. dubliniensis n = 2 | - | 100 (2) | - | - | - | - |
| Subtotal 2020 n = 380 | 3.4 (13) | 37.4 (142) | 20 (76) | 27.1 (103) | 10 (38) | 2.1 (8) |
| Subtotal 2021 n = 365 | 5.2 (19) | 32.3 (118) | 23.3 (85) | 20 (73) | 15.9 (58) | 3.3 (12) |
| Total | 4.3% (32) | 34.9% (260) | 21.6% (161) | 23.6% (176) | 12.9% (96) | 2.7% (20) |
Abbreviations: ICU: intensive care unit. Numbers in bold indicate statistically significant difference (p ≤ 0.05).