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PCR and BDG positives in IC episodes compared with non-IC episodesa
| Variable | Value |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All episodes (n = 155) | PCR- and BDG-positive episodes (n = 25) | PCR- and BDG-negative episodes (n = 130) | ||
| Death, % | 12.5 | 27.8 | 9.8 | 0.04 |
| Multiorgan failure, % | 9.3 | 33.3 | 4.7 | 0.00 |
| Empirical antifungal treatment, % | 20.6 | 40.0 | 16.9 | 0.01 |
| Improvement with antifungals, % | 4.6 | 16.0 | 2.4 | 0.01 |
| Thrombocytopenia | 3.3 | 12.0 | 1.6 | 0.03 |
| Candida colonization, % | 5.3 | 16.0 | 3.1 | 0.02 |
BDG, beta-d-glucan.
