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Table 2 Fourteen patients with proven invasive Candida infection and their serum BG measurements before diagnosis

From: Early diagnosis of candidemia in intensive care unit patients with sepsis: a prospective comparison of (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay, Candida score, and colonization index

No.

SAPS II

Underlying conditions

Clinical syndrome/admission diagnosis

Type/source of infection

BG level (pg/mL)a

Antifungal treatment

Outcome

LOS ICU

(days)

8

35

Steroid therapy, solid cancer

Respiratory failure, severe sepsis

Candidemia/unknown

≥500

Caspofungin

Alive

30

15

48

Diabetes, obesity, chronic renal failure

Septic shock

Candidemia/UTI

≥500

Anidulafungin

Dead

7

18

69

Chronic renal failure, diabetes

Respiratory failure, septic shock

Mediastinitis/Unknown

≥500

Anidulafungin

Dead

12

21

64

COPD

Septic shock

Candidemia/unknown

≥500

Anidulafungin

Alive

8

29

61

Diabetes, chronic heart failure

Respiratory failure, severe sepsis

Candidemia/UTI

480

Anidulafungin

Dead

92

32

67

Chronic heart failure, solid cancer

Respiratory failure

Candidemia/CVC

400

Fluconazole

Alive

26

35

45

Hematological malignancy, diabetes

Septic shock

Candidemia/unknown

255

Anidulafungin

Dead

7

51

65

AIDS, cirrhosis

Septic shock, ALI

Candidemia/CVC

322

Caspofungin

Dead

7

57b

59

Obesity, solid cancer

Respiratory failure, septic shock

Candidemia/CVC

27

Caspofungin

Dead

14

60

39

Renal transplant, steroid therapy

Trauma, severe sepsis

Candidemia/CVC

≥500

Caspofungin

Alive

35

74

51

Intestinal occlusion, chronic renal failure

Respiratory failure, severe sepsis

Candidemia/unknown

≥500

Anidulafingin

Alive

65

79

26

COPD, chronic hearth failure, diabetes

Septic shock, respiratory failure

Candidemia/CVC

≥500

Anidulafungin

Alive

45

87

41

Chronic hearth failure, COPD, diabetes, abdominal surgery

Severe sepsis, respiratory failure

Candidemia/UTI

≥500

Caspofungin

Alive

45

89

30

Chronic hearth failure, abdominal surgery, chronic renal failure

Septic shock

Candidemia/UTI

≥500

Caspofungin

Alive

50

  1. a Values of ≥500 pg/mL were converted to the 500-pg/mL ones for statistical analysis.
  2. b This patient was empirically treated with caspofungin before BG testing.
  3. ALI, acute lung injury; COPD; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVC, central venous catheter; LOS, length of stay; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score II; UTI, urinary tract infection