Table 3 |
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Characteristics of patients colonized or infected with Candida species |
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Fluconazole susceptibility |
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Characteristics |
Total |
MICs ≧ 64 mg/l |
MICs ≦ 8 mg/l |
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Mean of age (years) |
65.5 |
65.0 |
66.3 |
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Duration of hospital stay (days) |
58.0 (N = 78) |
60.0 (N = 30) |
56.7 (N = 48) |
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Duration of fever (days) |
10.2 (N = 62) |
10.7 (N = 24) |
9.8 (N = 38) |
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number |
% |
number |
% |
number |
% |
p value |
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Hospitalization |
80 |
91 |
32 |
91 |
48 |
90.6 |
0.81 |
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Medical units |
59 |
75 |
23 |
71.2 |
36 |
75 |
0.99 |
|
Surgery units |
21 |
25 |
9 |
28.8 |
12 |
25 |
0.94 |
|
Intensive care units |
39 |
43.3 |
17 |
48.6 |
22 |
41.5 |
0.51 |
|
Fever (≧ 38°C) |
58 |
72.5 |
22 |
62.9 |
36 |
67.9 |
0.79 |
|
Age > 65 |
57 |
64.8 |
22 |
62.9 |
35 |
66 |
0.76 |
|
Male |
43 |
48.9 |
19 |
54.3 |
24 |
45.3 |
0.41 |
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Mobility affected |
60 |
68.2 |
23 |
65.7 |
37 |
69.8 |
0.69 |
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Underlying diseases |
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Diabetes |
38 |
43.2 |
14 |
40 |
24 |
45.3 |
0.62 |
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Pulmonary diseases |
15 |
17.1 |
9 |
25.7 |
6 |
11.3 |
0.08 |
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Hypertension |
10 |
11.4 |
4 |
11.4 |
6 |
11.3 |
1 |
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Bacterial infection |
57 |
64.8 |
22 |
62.9 |
35 |
66.0 |
0.76 |
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Special medications or managements |
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Antifungal agents |
18 |
20.5 |
7 |
20.0 |
11 |
20.8 |
0.93 |
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Antibiotics |
76 |
86.4 |
29 |
82.9 |
47 |
88.7 |
0.53 |
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Antituberculosis agents |
10 |
11.4 |
7 |
20 |
3 |
5.7 |
0.05 |
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Dialysis |
4 |
4.6 |
1 |
2.9 |
3 |
5.7 |
0.65 |
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Catheter insertion |
70 |
79.6 |
28 |
80.0 |
42 |
69.3 |
0.85 |
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Mortality |
38 |
43.2 |
16 |
45.7 |
22 |
41.5 |
0.87 |
|
Total |
88 |
100 |
35 |
100 |
53 |
100 |
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Yang et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2008 7:12 doi:10.1186/1477-5751-7-12 |
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