Table 3.
Complications and Outcomes of Patients with Candida and Non-fungal endocarditis
| Characteristic | Level |
Candida n=33 (%) |
Non-fungal n =2716 (%) |
P Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke | Yes | 4(12.1) | 450(16.6) | 0.51 |
| No | 28(84.8) | 2213(81.5) | ||
| Missing | 1(3) | 53(2) | ||
| Embolization | Yes | 10(30.3) | 592(21.8) | 0.23 |
| No | 22(66.7) | 2053(75.6) | ||
| Missing | 1(3) | 71(2.6) | ||
| CHF | Yes | 8(24.2) | 856(31.5) | 0.44 |
| No | 23(69.7) | 1794(66) | ||
| Missing | 2(6) | 66(2.4) | ||
| Persistent Positive Blood Cx | Yes | 13(39.4) | 238(8.8) | <0.001 |
| No | 19(57.6) | 2397(88.3) | ||
| Missing | 1(3) | 81(3) | ||
| Mortality at Discharge | Yes | 10(30.3) | 464(17) | 0.046 |
| No | 23(69.7) | 2243(82.6) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 9(0.33) | ||
| Mortality (with surgery)b | Yes | 5(33.3) | 179(13.8) | 0.030 |
| No | 10(66.7) | 1120(86.1) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2(0.2) | ||
| Mortality (without surgery)b | Yes | 5(27.8) | 285(20.3) | 0.83 |
| No | 13(72.2) | 1117(79.6) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 1(0.1) |
a
P-values were obtained by Chi Square and Fisher’s exact methods
b
Refers to cardiothoracic surgery. Mortality determined at time of discharge.
CHF=congestive heart failure. Cx=culture.