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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 89 patients with C. albicans BSI

From: Time to blood culture positivity as a predictor of clinical outcome in patients with Candida albicansbloodstream infection

Variables

N

%

Gender

  

Male

54

60.7

Female

35

39.3

Age (years)

  

<60

38

42.7

≥60

51

57.3

ICU

20

22.5

Diagnosis on admission

  

Gastrointestinal disease

24

27.0

Respiratory disease

19

21.4

Neoplasm

11

12.3

Neurologic disease

6

6.8

Cardiovascular disease

5

5.6

Trauma

4

4.5

Renal failure

4

4.5

AIDS

2

2.2

Other

14

15.7

Site of infection

  

Catheter

38

42.7

Abdominal

30

33.7

Respiratory

9

10.1

Urinary

8

9.0

Other

4

4.5

Hospital stay prior to BSI (days)

  

≤2*

1

1.1

3-7

4

4.5

8-14

11

12.3

15-21

10

11.3

>21

63

70.8

Time to positivity

  

≤24 hs

16

18.0

>24 --≤36 hs

23

25.8

>36--≤48 hs

20

22.5

>48hs

30

33.7

Receiving adequate antifungal therapy

  

No

69

77.5

Yes

20

22.5