Table 4. Duration of therapy in patients with ocular candidiasis as a function of the extent of ocular infection.
Antifungal therapy | Duration of treatment (days) | ||||
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Chorioretinitis | P-value¶ | Endophthalmitis (n = 25) | P-value¶ | ||
without macular involvement (n = 55) | with macular involvement (n = 24) | ||||
Intravenous treatment (days)& | 30.8±19.9 | 32.4±13.0 | 0.202 | 49.5±28.1 | 0.001 |
Entire treatment course including oral antifungals (days) | 41.5±22.8 | 50.6±33.4 | 0.166 | 62.6±37.7 | 0.003 |
¶: vs. chorioretinitis without macular involvement
&: All patients treated initially with intravenous antifungals