Table 1.

Characteristics of 66 enrolled surgical patients

Age (mean±SD), years (range)	75±20 (20–94)
Male/female (n)	39/27
History of abdominal surgery	39
Samples positive for Candida spp (n)
Peritoneal fluid	18
Blood smear	22
Blood PCR	30
Biopsy/resection	23
Percutaneous aspiration biopsy of abscess	40
Bile sample aspirate	17
Previous surgery	37
Antibiotics at home	51
Location and aetiologies of complicated IAI (n)
Lower gastrointestinal tract
Appendicitis	7
Diverticulitis	10
Malignancy	15
Inflammatory bowel disease	5
Ischaemic	5
Miscellaneous	10
Upper intestinal tract
Biliary disease	8
Malignancy	6

IAI, intra-abdominal infection.