Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (Jun 2020)

Risk factors associated with mortality among patients who had candidemia in a university hospital

  • Priscila Guerino Vilela Alves,
  • Sávia Gonçalves Oliveira Melo,
  • Meliza Arantes de Souza Bessa,
  • Murilo de Oliveira Brito,
  • Ralciane de Paula Menezes,
  • Lúcio Borges de Araújo,
  • Mário Paulo Amante Penatti,
  • Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso,
  • Denise Von Dolinger de Brito Röder

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0206-2019
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 53

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Abstract INTRODUCTION: Bloodstream infection due to Candida spp. is a primary cause of morbidity and mortality in tertiary hospitals. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we included patients with a positive blood culture for Candida spp. after 48 h of hospitalization. RESULTS A total of 335 patients who had candidemia were included in this study. Risk factors associated with mortality were hospitalization in internal medicine units and surgical clinics, age >60 years, mechanical ventilation, orotracheal intubation, hemodialysis, corticosteroids use, and C. parapsilosis infection. CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the importance of health care related to invasive procedures and actions to improve patient immunity.

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