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Table 2 Incidences of fungal diseases in the whole hospital and in intensive care units, in 2019 and in 2020, for non-COVID-19 and COVID-19 patients

From: Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on antifungal consumption: a multicenter retrospective analysis

Year

2019

2020

 

Number of patients

Number of patients

Variation (%) 2019 vs 2020

(p =)

Number of COVID-19 patients

Number of non-COVID-19 patients

Difference (%) COVID-19 vs non-COVID-19 patients

(p =)

 

n = 402,426

n (%)

n = 360,514

n (%)

 

n = 5650

n (%)

n = 354,864

n (%)

 

Whole hospital

Invasive fungal diseases

892 (0.22)

843 (0.23)

+ 4.3

(p = 0.266)

58 (1.0)

785 (0.22)

+ 78.0

(p < 0.001)

Invasive aspergillosis

341 (0.09)

279 (0.07)

− 28.6

(p = 0.261)

38 (0.67)

241 (0.07)

+ 89.6

(p < 0.001)

Invasive candidiasis

502 (0.12)

540 (0.15)

+ 20.0

(p = 0.003)

20 (0.35)

520 (0.15)

+ 57.1

(p < 0.001)

Invasive mucormycosis

38 (0.009)

12 (0.003)

− 66.0

(p = 0.002)

0 (0)

12 (0.003)

NA

(p = 1)

Cutaneous mucormycosis

4 (0.001)

2 (0.0006)

− 40.0

(p = 0.501)

0 (0)

2 (0.0006)

NA

(p = 1)

Cryptococcosis

7 (0.002)

10 (0.003)

+ 50.0

(p = 0.344)

0 (0)

10 (0.003)

NA

(p = 1)

 

n = 22,255

n (%)

n = 20,344

n (%)

 

n = 1418

n (%)

n = 19,121

n (%)

 

Intensive care units

Invasive fungal diseases

290 (1.3)

336 (1.7)

+ 23.5

(p = 0.003)

53 (3.7)

283 (1.5)

+ 59.5

(p < 0.001)

Invasive aspergillosis

61 (0.27)

98 (0.5)

+ 46.0

(p < 0.001)

40 (2.8)

58 (0.3)

+ 89.3

(p < 0.001)

Invasive candidiasis

218 (0.98)

230 (1.1)

+ 10.9

(p = 0.129)

13 (1.1)

217 (1.1)

0

(p = 0.455)

Invasive mucormycosis

7 (0.03)

4 (0.02)

− 33.3

(p = 0.453)

0 (0)

4 (0.02)

NA

(p = 1)

Cutaneous mucormycosis

4 (0.02)

1 (0.005)

+ 75.0

(p = 0.246)

0 (0)

1 (0.005)

NA

(p = 1)

Cryptococcosis

0 (0)

3 (0.01)

NA

(p = 1)

0 (0)

3 (0.02)

NA

(p = 1)

  1. Bold is used for p-values < 0.05
  2. NA not applicable