RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 The overlooked immune state in candidemia: A risk factor for mortality A1 Ortega Loubon, Christian Joseph A1 Cano Hernández, Beatriz A1 Poves Álvarez, Rodrigo A1 Muñoz Moreno, María Fe A1 Román García, Patricia A1 Balbás Álvarez, Sara A1 Varga Martínez, Olga de la A1 Gómez Sánchez, Esther A1 Gómez Pesquera, Estefanía A1 Lorenzo López, Mario A1 Tamayo Gómez, Eduardo A1 Heredia Rodríguez, María K1 Lymphopenia K1 Linfopenia K1 Candidemia K1 Mortality K1 Mortalidad K1 Prognosis K1 Pronóstico K1 Immunosuppression K1 Inmunosupresión AB Lymphopenia has been related to increased mortality in septic patients. Nonetheless, the impact of lymphocyte count on candidemia mortality and prognosis has not been addressed. We conducted a retrospective study, including all admitted patients with candidemia from 2007 to 2016. We examined lymphocyte counts during the first 5 days following the diagnosis of candidemia. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to determine the relationship between lymphocyte count and mortality. Classification and Regression Tree analysis was used to identify the best cut-off of lymphocyte count for mortality associated with candidemia. From 296 cases of candidemia, 115 died, (39.8% 30-day mortality). Low lymphocyte count was related to mortality and poor outcome (p < 0.001). Lymphocyte counts <0.703 × 109 cells/L at diagnosis (area under the curve (AUC)-ROC, 0.783 ± 0.042; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.700–0.867, p < 0.001), and lymphocyte count <1.272 × 109 cells/L five days later (AUC-ROC, 0.791 ± 0.038; 95%CI, 0.716–0.866, p < 0.001) increased the odds of mortality five-fold (odds ratio (OR), 5.01; 95%CI, 2.39–10.93) at time of diagnosis, and three-fold (OR, 3.27; 95%CI, 1.24–8.62) by day 5, respectively. Low lymphocyte count is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with candidemia and might serve as a biomarker for predicting candidemia-associated mortality and poor outcome. PB MDPI SN 2077-0383 YR 2019 FD 2019 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45473 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45473 LA eng NO Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019, vol. 8, n. 10. 12 p. NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 25-nov-2024