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. 2020 Dec 17;7:606976. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.606976

Table 2.

Proportion of candidemia in ICUs during 2006–2017 with subgroup analysis according to hospital or pathogen characteristics.

Subgroup Year P-value
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Candidemia (%) 15.23 15.86 14.11 12.47 13.78 13.94 15.19 15.41 15.52 16.3 16.2 16.56 <0.05a
CLABSI, yes (%) 93.24 92.79 93.23 94.08 88.96 93 94.86 94.97 92.41 91.78 91.33 91.44 0.17a
Candida species (%) 0.29b
C. albicans 31.08 32.43 36.09 38.16 39.26 42.5 38.79 39.20 34.18 38.36 40.87 40.37
Non-albicans spp. 66.22 66.67 63.91 55.92 56.44 52 57.48 55.28 62.66 57.53 56.35 58.02
Non-Candida fungi (%) 2.7 0.9 0 5.92 4.29 5.5 3.74 5.53 3.16 4.11 2.79 1.6
Size of hospitals (%) <0.05b
300–699 beds 2.7 0.9 5.26 1.97 4.91 2.5 5.14 8.04 6.96 6.39 11.76 13.64
700–899 beds 51.35 48.65 60.15 48.68 47.85 58.5 61.68 53.77 48.1 58.45 56.97 58.02
≥900 beds 45.95 50.45 34.59 49.34 47.24 39 33.18 38.19 44.94 35.16 31.27 28.34
Type of ICU (%) <0.05b
Medical ICU 83.78 83.79 78.19 77.63 81.59 75.5 67.76 72.86 68.98 71.24 76.16 78.34
Surgical ICU 16.22 16.22 21.8 22.37 18.4 24.5 32.24 27.14 31.01 28.77 23.84 21.66
Organ transplant wards, yes (%) 18.92 31.53 33.83 32.89 29.45 35.00 27.57 30.15 31.65 25.57 21.98 21.12 <0.05a

The P-value was obtained using the one-sided aCochran-Armitage trend test or bthe one-sided Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel mean score test.

CLABSI, central line-associated bloodstream infection; ICU, intensive care unit.