Bloodstream fungal infections have a high mortality rate. There is little data about the long-term mortality rate of fungemia.This study aimed to explore the mortality of fungemia and the influencing factors associated with death. 204 ICU patients with fungemia from Multi-parameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care-III (MIMIC-III) Database were studied. Age, gender, major underlying diseases, data about vital signs and blood test results were analyzed to identify the predictors of the mortality and prognosis of fungemia in ICU patients. Cox regression models were constructed, together with Kaplan-Meier survival curves.The 30-day, 1-year, 2-year, 3-year and 4-year mortality rates were 41.2%, 62.3%,68.1%, 72.5% and 75%, respectively. Age (P < 0.001, OR = 1.530; P <0.001, OR = 1.485), serum bilirubin (P = 0.016, OR = 2.125;P = 0.001, OR = 1.748)and international normalized ratio (INR) (P = 0.001, OR = 2.642; P < 0.001 OR = 2.065) were predictors of both the 30-day and 4-year mortality rates.Renal failure (P = 0.009, OR = 1.643) performed good in prediction of the 4-year mortality.The mortality of fungemia is high. Age,the serum bilirubin and INR are good predictors of the 30-day and 4-year mortality rates of fungemia. Renal failure have good performance in predicting the long-term mortality.
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