Table 1. Selected characteristics of patients with candidemia in Atlanta and Baltimore metropolitan areas.
| Atlanta | Baltimore | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Cases | 2324 | (60) | 1524 | (40) | 3848 | (100) | |
| Median Age, years (range) | 58 | (1 d-101 yrs) | 58 | (1 d-98 yrs) | 58 | (1 d-101 yrs) | |
| Male sex | 1196 | (52) | 796 | (52) | 1992 | (52) | |
| Black race | 1427 | (61) | 873 | (57) | 2300 | (57) | |
| CVC in place | |||||||
| All ages | 1991 | (86) | 1264 | (83) | 3255 | (85) | |
| Age <1 year | 55 | (72) | 34 | (92) | 89 | (79) | |
| Age > = 65 | 666 | (80) | 434 | (76) | 1100 | (78) | |
| Resistance to fluconazole | 136 | (07) | 89 | (06) | 225 | (07) | |
| Resistance to an echinocandin | 26 | (01) | 29 | (02) | 55 | (02) | |
| Resistance to both flu and echino * | 8 | (<1) | 9 | (<1) | 17* | (<1) | |
| Species | |||||||
| C. albicans | 921 | (40) | 480 | (32) | 1401 | (36) | |
| C. glabrata | 589 | (25) | 460 | (30) | 1049 | (27) | |
| C. parapsilosis | 390 | (17) | 204 | (13) | 594 | (15) | |
| C. tropicalis | 191 | (08) | 174 | (11) | 365 | (09) | |
| C. krusei | 38 | (02) | 15 | (01) | 53 | (01) | |
| >1 species | 100 | (04) | 110 | (07) | 210 | (06) | |
| C. dubliniensis | 16 | (01) | 41 | (03) | 57 | (02) | |
| Other | 76 | (03) | 38 | (03) | 114 | (03) | |
| Age groups, n (incidence rate per 100,000 person years) | |||||||
| <1 year | 76 | (28.1) | 37 | (39.5) | 113 | (33.8) | |
| 1–19 years | 88 | (1.7) | 33 | (2.0) | 121 | (1.9) | |
| 20–44 years | 429 | (6.1) | 298 | (11.9) | 727 | (9.0) | |
| 45–64 years | 899 | (19.1) | 574 | (30.0) | 1473 | (24.6) | |
| > = 65 years | 832 | (51.2) | 576 | (60.1) | 1408 | (55.7) | |
*16/17 isolates were C. glabrata species