TABLE 3.

Association of symptoms of immunosuppression in patients who developed candidaemia.

Signs	Symptoms	Candida positive		Candida negative		Chi-square value	p-value
		n	%	n	%
Diarrhoea	Yes	4	14.8	23	14.8	5.698	0.017
	No	8	3.9	195	3.9
Fever	Yes	9	4.6	186	95.4	0.936	0.333
	No	3	8.6	32	91.4
Lethargy	Yes	8	6.6	113	93.4	1.004	0.316
	No	4	3.7	105	96.3
Weight loss	Yes	7	5.4	123	94.6	0.017	0.897
	No	5	5.0	95	95.0
Loss of appetite	Yes	4	4.9	78	95.1	0.030	0.863
	No	8	5.4	140	94.6
Skin rashes	Yes	0	0.0	19	100.0	1.140	0.286
	No	12	5.7	199	94.3
Boils/ carbuncles	Yes	0	0.0	7	100.0	0.397	0.528
	No	12	5.4	211	94.6
Oral thrush	Yes	5	12.8	34	87.2	5.490	0.019
	No	7	3.7	184	96.3
Sore throat	Yes	0	0.0	5	100.0	0.281	0.596
	No	12	5.3	213	94.7
Cough	Yes	2	6.9	27	93.1	0.189	0.664
	No	10	5.0	191	95.0
Hypothermia	Yes	1	2.6	34	97.4	0.669	0.414
	No	11	5.8	180	94.2
Feed intolerance	Yes	0	0.0	2	100.0	0.111	0.739
	No	12	5.3	216	94.7
Loss of consciousness	Yes	5	7.8	59	92.2	1.208	0.272
	No	7	4.2	159	95.8
Vomiting	Yes	1	4.2	23	95.8	0.060	0.807
	No	11	5.3	195	94.7