Table 3.

Underlying conditions, host factors, and mortality for 314 patients with fungemia

Condition (no. of patients with information)	No. of patients	% of patients	No. of deaths	% Mortality	P value for mortalityf
Surgery (314)
Abdomen	144	46	58	40	NSb
Thorax	15	5	4	27	NSb
Othera	13	4	6	46
Multitraumatized	5	2	0	0
No	137	44	47	34
ICU (294)
Yes	161	51	76	47	0.0001c
No	133	42	32	24
Mechanical ventilation (290)
Yes	135	43	64	47	0.0001c
No	155	49	40	26
Steroidal therapy (282)
Yes	75	24	30	40	NSc
No	207	66	68	33
Parenteral nutrition (288)
Yes	119	38	38	32	NSc
No	169	54	63	37
Dialysis (299)
Yes	78	25	34	44	NSc
No	221	70	75	34
Solid cancer (314)
Yese	76	24	30	39	NSc
No	153	76	85	36
Hematologic disease (300)
Yese	28	9	8	29	NSc
No	272	87	102	38
Leukocyte count (286)
<0.5	17	5	4	24
0.5-1.0	3	1	1	33
2.0-5.0	24	8	7	29
5.0-7.5	37	12	9	24
7.6-10	36	11	11	31
>10	169	54	73	43	0.0086d
Total	314	100	115	37

^aOther surgeries included 6 orthopedic surgeries, 5 neurosurgeries, 1 urologic surgery, and 1 percutaneous coronary angiography.

^bComparing this surgery with no surgery.

^cComparing “yes” and “no” groups.

^dComparing patients with leukocyte counts of >10 with patients with leukocyte counts of ≤10.

^eSolid cancers involved the gastrointestinal tract in 38 cases, were of urogenital origin in 19 cases, and were other cancers in 19 cases. Hematological disease included 19 cases of acute leukemia, 2 cases of chronic leukemia, 3 cases of lymphoma, and 4 other hematological diseases.

^fNS, not significant.