Research Article
Incidence and Clinical Predictors of Ocular Candidiasis in Patients with Candida Fungemia
Table 3
Odds ratio of factors associated with ocular candidiasis (
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| | Variables | OR | 95% CL | Adjusted OR | 95% CL |
| | Age (in years) | 1.002 | (0.974, 1.03) | — | — | | Male gender | 1.075 | (0.376, 3.07) | — | — | | Number of positive BC | 1.06 | (0.788, 1.426) | — | — | | Time from (+) BC to fundoscopy | 0.956 | (0.848, 1.079) | — | — | | Time from (+) BC to AFT | 1.009 | (0.897, 1.135) | — | — | | Total parenteral nutrition | 0.826 | (0.306, 2.229) | — | — | | Medical care in the ICU | 0.636 | (0.236, 1.714) | — | — | | HD during the same hospitalization | 0.4 | (0.087, 1.84) | — | — | | Steroid use | 0.285 | (0.078, 1.033) | 0.316 | (0.086, 1.164) | | Intravenous drug use | 4 | (0.905, 17.683) | 3.138 | (0.692, 14.241) | | Chronic immunosuppression | 0.353 | (0.044, 2.818) | — | — | | Apache score | 1.023 | (0.952, 1.099) | — | — | | Candida albicans versus Candida non-albicans | 1.674 | (0.610, 4.597) | — | — |
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Note. AFT: antifungal therapy; BC: blood cultures; CL: confidence limits; HD: hemodialysis; ICU: intensive care unit; OR: odds ratio.
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