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

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
• sepsis
• incidence
• mortality
• intensive care

Acknowledgments

We thank Courtney Barry at the Cooper Hospital laboratory for assistance in obtaining microbiology data. No specific compensation was received for her work on this study.

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.