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Candida spp. in Lower Respiratory Tract Secretions – A Ten Years Retrospective Study Cover

Candida spp. in Lower Respiratory Tract Secretions – A Ten Years Retrospective Study

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 7 (2021): Issue 3 (July 2021)
By: Cristina Nicoleta Ciurea,  Ario Santini,  Anca Delia Mare,  Irina Bianca Kosovski,  Felicia Toma,  Camelia Vintila,  Ionela Anca Pintea-Simon and  Adrian Man  
Open Access
|Aug 2021

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1

Flowchart of processed samples
Flowchart of processed samples

Fig. 2

Candida spp. in the total number of lower respiratory tract samples compared to the non-contaminated samples
Candida spp. in the total number of lower respiratory tract samples compared to the non-contaminated samples

Candida spp_ - positive tracheal aspirate and sputum samples; n represents the number of analysed data after exclusion of incomplete data; CI (confidence interval); p (p-value), n represents the number of analysed data

nTracheal aspirateSputum samplespOR
Age> 60 years old<= 60 years old544322 (32.07%)138 (13.75%)317 (31.57%)227 (22.61%)0.00011.671(CI 1.285-2.172)
GenderFemaleMale893182 (16.01%)342 (30.08%)195 (17.15%)418 (36.76%)0.31221.141(CI 0.8906-1.461)
Candida spp.C. albicansC. non-albicans470224 (24.27%)229 (24.81%)281 (30.44%)189 (20.48%)0.00190.6579(CI 0.5069-0.8538)
The number of Candida spp.One speciesTwo and more species589453 (39.56%)78 (6.81%)470 (41.05%)144 (12.58%)0.00021.779(CI 1.312-2.412)

Contaminated and non-contaminated sputum samples that showed Candida growth; n represents the number of analysed data after exclusion of incomplete data; OR (odds ratio); CI (confidence interval); p (p-value)

Frequency and Percentage
ParameterContaminated sputum samplesNon-contaminated sputum samplespOR
Agen=544> 40 years old197 (36.21%)286 (52.57%)0.01891.954
<= 40 years old35 (6.43%)26 (4.78%) (CI 1.140-3.35)
> 60 years old126 (23.16%)191 (35.11%) 0.753
<= 60 years old106 (19.49%)121 (22.24%)0.114(CI 0.5336-1.063)
> 80 years old12 (2.21%)26 (4.78%) 1.667 (CI 0.822 -
<= 80 years old220 (40.44%)286 (52.57%)0.1753.378)
Gendern=612Female86 (14.05%)109 (17.81%) 1.124
Male172 (28.10%)245 (40.03%)0.5389(CI 0.7971-1.584)
Candida spp.n=470C. albicans122 (25.96%)159 (33.83%)0.00040.5048
C. non-albicans114 (24.26%)75 (15.96%) (CI 0.3469-0.7345)
The number ofn=589One species197 (33.45%)273 (46.35%) 1.1599
Candida spp. Two species and more37 (6.28%)82 (13.92%)0.0358(CI 1.041-2.457)

Comparison of different Candida spp_ in LRTS

C. albicansC. non-albicansC. albicans and C. non-albicans
Number of samples44535770
Mean61.5165.7664.42
Standard Deviation16.29313.74415.63
Median646969
Min62112
Max949988
Normal distributionnonoyes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 217 - 226
Submitted on: Mar 17, 2021
Accepted on: May 24, 2021
Published on: Aug 5, 2021
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Candida,
lower respiratory tract infections,
contamination,
laboratory diagnosis
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2021 Cristina Nicoleta Ciurea, Ario Santini, Anca Delia Mare, Irina Bianca Kosovski, Felicia Toma, Camelia Vintila, Ionela Anca Pintea-Simon, Adrian Man, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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