Table 3.
Characteristics of patients according to the final outcome (survival).
| Survivors N = 66 |
Non-Survivors N = 43 |
Difference (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) * | 29.8 | 46.0 | 16.2 (5.8–26.6) |
| Age > 60 years (%) | 15.2 | 37.2 | 22.0 (5.2–38.9) |
| Previous length of stay (days) | 19.7 | 28.4 | 8.8 (0.3–17.2) |
| Shock (%) | 15.2 | 34.9 | 19.7 (3.1–36.4) |
| Apache (points) ** | 12.1 | 15.3 | 3.2 (−13.2–6.5) |
| Cancer (%) | 12.1 | 34.9 | 22.8 (6.5–39.0) |
| Abdominal surgery (%) | 24.2 | 41.9 | 17.6 (−0.4–35.6) |
| Persistent candidemia (%) | 19.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 (−2.5–23.3) |
| Catheter removal (%) | 24.2 | 2.3 | 21.9 (10.6–33.2) |
| Early treatment (%) | 30.3 | 16.3 | 14.0 (−1.6–29.7) |
| No treatment (%) | 12.2 | 30.2 | 18.0 (2.3–33.9) |
| Fluconazole as initial treatment(%) | 60.6 | 41.9 | 18.7 (−0.1–37.6) |
* Mean, ** Data available for 90 patients (55 survivors and 35 non-survivors).