Table 7.

Incidence and initial antifungal treatment before PCR and after PCR test.

	Before PCR test	After PCR test	Value of p
IAC	17/83 (20.5)	24a/83 (28.9)	<0.001
Antifungal initial treatment			<0.001
Preventive therapies	2/53 (3.8)	2/53 (3.8)
Empirical therapies	42/53 (79.2)	33/53 (62.3)
Preemptive therapies	3/53 (5.7)	1/53 (1.9)
Target therapies	6/53 (11.3)	17/53 (32.1)

Results are presented as n (%). ^aSeven patients were assumed to be IAC because of positive Candida PCR in PF. PCR, polymerase chain reaction; IAC, intra-abdominal candidiasis.