TABLE 5.

Comparison of C. albicans, C. parapsilosis, and C. glabrata sepsis^a

Characteristic	Results for:			P value
	C. albicans	C. parapsilosis	C. glabrata
Baseline characteristics
No. of patients	41	8	9
Gestational age (wk)	26.6 ± 0.5	27.3 ± 1.3	29.7 ± 1.2	0.01
Birth wt (g)	932 ± 75	965 ± 194	1,442 ± 292	0.02
No. (%) of VLBW (<1,500 g) infants	38 (93)	7 (88)	7 (78)	NS
No. (%) born via vaginal delivery	26 (63)	4 (50)	7 (78)	NS
Factors present at the diagnosis of fungemia
Age at diagnosis (days)	17 (11-31)	25 (17-87)	14 (10-21)	NS
No. (%) on antibiotics	12 (38)	3 (38)	6 (67)	NS
No. (%) with apnea	28 (68)	4 (50)	2 (22)	0.01
Lowest platelet count (103/mm3)	74 ± 9	39 ± 2	124 ± 34	0.04
No. of positive blood cultures for fungus	2.1 ± 1.1	1.8 ± 0.71	2.0 ± 1.3	NS
No. (%) with candiduria	15 (37)	2 (25)	2 (22)	NS
No. (%) with meningitis	5 (12)	1 (13)	1 (11)	NS
No. with renal abscessc/total no. tested (%)	5/38 (13)	1/7 (14)	0/7 (0)	NS
No. with cardiac vegetations/total no. tested (%)	2/30 (7)	0/6 (0)	0/8 (0)	NS
No. (%) with necrotizing enterocolitis	6 (15)	0	1 (11)	NS
No. (%) dying of Candida infection	0	0	0	NS
No. (%) who died, all-cause mortality	3 (7)	0	0	NS

^aData from reference 131. Plus-minus values are mean ± standard deviation. Median is given as 25th to 75th percentile.

^bSignificant difference between glabrata and non-glabrata groups (P < 0.05). NS, not significant.

^cUrinary tract ultrasound and echocardiogram were not performed on every patient.