학술논문
HIV Infection as Risk Factor for Death among Hospitalized Persons with Candidemia, South Africa, 2012–2017
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 6, Pp 1607-1615 (2021)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
Abstract
We determined the effect of HIV infection on deaths among persons >18 months of age with culture-confirmed candidemia at 29 sentinel hospitals in South Africa during 2012–2017. Of 1,040 case-patients with documented HIV status and in-hospital survival data, 426 (41%) were HIV-seropositive. The in-hospital case-fatality rate was 54% (228/426) for HIV-seropositive participants and 37% (230/614) for HIV-seronegative participants (crude odds ratio [OR] 1.92, 95% CI 1.50–2.47; p