Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of the 78 patients included in the study.

Variables	Patients
Age (years), median and range	60 (20–85)
Gender M/F	40 (51.6%)/38 (48.4%)
Underlying diseases
Cancer	52 (66.6%)
Chronic/acute renal failure	8 (10.2%)
Others	18 (23.2%)
Candidemia risk factors
Central venous catheter	78 (100.0%)
Previous Candida colonization	57 (73.1%)
Mechanical ventilation	35 (44.9%)
Dialysis	22 (28.2%)
Parenteral nutrition	25 (32.0%)
Previous antibiotic therapy (>96 h)	78 (100.0%)
Previous corticoid therapy	32 (41.0%)
SAPS3, median and range	64 (31–111)
ICU staying (days) prior to candidemia suspicion, median and range	12.5 (1–120)
30-day crude mortality	38 (48.7%)

SAPS3 = simplified acute physiology score; ICU = intensive care unit.