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. 2017 Mar 20;43(5):652–662. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4743-y

Table 3.

Independent factors associated with death before day 8 or before day 30 in all adult patients with incident episode of fungemia due to single isolate of common Candida species (YEATS program, Paris area, 2002–2014)

Death before day 8a Death before day 30b
ORc 95% CI p ORc 95% CI p
Age category (years)
 <45 1 1
 45–64 1.39 0.94–2.05 0.101 0.0073 1.59 1.20–2.09 0.001
 65–79 1.76 1.18–2.62 0.005 2.13 1.60–2.84 <0.0001 <0.0001
 ≥80 2.11 1.30–3.41 0.002 2.92 2.05–4.15 <0.0001
Hospitalization in ICU 2.39 1.84–3.12 <0.0001 2.47 2.03–3.01 <0.0001
Recent surgery (≤30 days) 0.75 0.57–0.97 0.031 0.66 0.54–0.80 <0.0001
Underlying disease
 No malignancy 1
 Digestive tumor 1.42 1.08–1.85 0.012
 Non-digestive tumor 1.42 1.10–1.84 0.007 0.00487
 Acute leukemia 1.06 0.70–1.62 0.773
 Lymphoma 1.25 0.88–1.78 0.214
 Other hematological malignancy 0.99 0.64–1.56 0.982
Species recovered from blood culture
 C. albicans 1 1
 C. glabrata 0.61 0.43–0.89 0.009 0.69 0.54–0.89 0.004
 C. parapsilosis 0.30 0.17–0.52 <0.0001 <0.0001 0.49 0.35–0.67 <0.0001 <0.0001
 C. tropicalis 1.00 0.67–1.49 0.999 1.00 0.74–1.34 0.987
 C. krusei 1.24 0.62–2.44 0.544 1.52 0.91–2.54 0.106
 C. kefyr 1.79 0.84–3.80 0.132 1.36 0.74–2.53 0.325
Initial antifungal treatment
 Fluconazole alone 1 1
 Echinocandin alone 1.02 0.74–1.41 0.909 <0.0001 1.08 0.86–1.36 0.517 <0.0001
 Other treatments 0.75 0.46–1.21 0.234 0.84 0.62–1.15 0.283
 No antifungal drug 10.96 7.60–15.81 <0.0001 4.94 3.51–6.95 <0.0001

aOther variables included in full model (with p < 0.25 in univariate analysis of early death) not conserved because not significant: allo-BMT, male gender, and type of underlying disease

bMale gender included in the model but not conserved because not significant

cOR adjusted for hospital and year (introduced in the model as dummy variable)