Incidence and mortality of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock in intensive care unit patients with candidemia

Infect Dis (Lond). 2015 Aug;47(8):584-7. doi: 10.3109/23744235.2015.1028100. Epub 2015 Mar 26.

Abstract

In this incidence study, of 16 074 patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) from 1/1/2003 to 7/31/2011, 161 cases of candidemia were identified. The incidence of sepsis (27%), severe sepsis (31%), and septic shock (40%) was remarkably high in these cases of candidemia, as was the all-cause in-hospital mortality for sepsis (30%), severe sepsis (44%), and septic shock (65%).

Keywords: Candida; incidence; intensive care; mortality; sepsis.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Candida / isolation & purification
  • Candidemia / epidemiology*
  • Candidemia / mortality*
  • Female
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intensive Care Units*
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Sepsis / epidemiology*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Sepsis / mortality*
  • Shock, Septic / epidemiology
  • Shock, Septic / microbiology
  • Shock, Septic / mortality
  • Time Factors
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult