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Table 3 Initial antifungal treatment and association with outcomes among126* patients with penicilliosis

From: Clinical characteristics and outcome of Penicillium marneffei infection among HIV-infected patients in northern Vietnam

 

All

Fatal Cases

Non Fatal Cases

Pvalue

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

 

N = 126

N = 16

N = 110

   
 

(100%)

(13%)

(87%)

   
 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

   

Itraconazole

77 (61%)

11 (69%)

66 (60%)

0.222

1.8

0.6 – 5.5

Ketoconazole

4 (3%)

1 (6%)

3 (3%)

0.420

2.4

0.2 – 24.6

Amphotericin B

26 (21%)

2 (13%)

24 (22%)

0.35

0.5

1.1 – 2.6

Fluconazole

2 (2%)

1 (6%)

1 (1%)

0.237

7.3

0.4 – 123.5

Itraconazole or Ketoconazole**

17 (13%)

1 (6%)

16 (15%)

0.330

0.4

0.05 – 3.2

  1. *Treatment data lacking for one patient.
  2. **Itraconazoleand ketoconazole were used interchangeably based on availability.