Table 1.
Comparisons of clinical outcomes of patients with C. parapsilosis complex candidemia with MIC=2 mg/l and MIC< 2 mg/l for caspofungin.
| Variables | MIC <2 | MIC =2 | P |
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| Catheter, n (%) | |||
| Recovered | 4 (30.8) | 11 (34.4) | 1.0 |
| Removed | 9 (69.2) | 21 (65.6) | |
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| Presence of achieving negative blood culture, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 16 (100) | 33 (89.2) | 0.3 |
| No | 0 | 4 (10.8) | |
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| Negative blood culture time (days), median (min–max) | 15 (2–28) | 13 (3–36) | 0.79 |
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| Relapse, n (%) | |||
| Yes | 4 (25) | 6 (16.2) | 0.46 |
| No | 12 (75) | 31 (83.8) | |
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| Relapse time (days), median (min–max) | 14 (3–33) | 11 (3–35) | 0.96 |
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| Duration of hospital stay (days), median (min–max) | 65 (26–277) | 67 (15–484) | 0.61 |
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| Overall mortality, n (%) | 6 (37.5) | 14 (37.8) | 0.98 |
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| 30-days mortality, n (%) | 0 | 4 (10.8) | 0.3 |