TABLE 1.
Baseline clinical and laboratory characteristics
Parametera | Result for patients |
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All | Survived | Died | |
n | 45 | 34 | 11 |
Age, yrb | 36 (21–62) | 37 (21–62) | 33 (23–51) |
Male, % | 53 | 53 | 55 |
Abnormal mental status, % | 9 | 3 | 27 |
Fungal burden, log10 CFU/ml | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
EFA | −0.51 | −0.55 | −0.37 |
CSF opening pressure, cm H2Ob | 26 (7–76) | 26 (10–76) | 15 (7–42) |
Genotype, % VNI | 68 | 58 | 42 |
CFU, colony-forming unit; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; EFA, early fungicidal activity.
The median is shown with range in parentheses.