Candiduria
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to explore the epidemiology, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of patients with Candiduria.
Detailed description
The study is a retrospective study. Investigators will review medical records of patients with Candiduria from January 2015 to December 2017 to collect data about personal data, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data of urine routines and urine cultures, the symptom of fever, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. After the data collection, investigators will run a descriptive statistics to find out the profile of the medical care of Candiduria in Taiwan.
Interventions
OTHERno intervention
Investigators review patients' medical records and collect personal data, underlying diseases, indwelling catheter duration, laboratory data, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
Sponsors
Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients with Candiduria
Exclusion criteria
* patients without Candiduria
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| prevalence rate of Candiduria | January 2015 to December 2017 | the number of patients with Candiduria/ the number of all hospitalized patients |
| morbidity rate of underlying diseases | January 2015 to December 2017 | the proportion of patients with every specific underlying disease |
| indwelling catheter rate | January 2015 to December 2017 | the proportion of patients with indwelling catheter |
| pyuria rate | January 2015 to December 2017 | the proportion of patients with pyuria |
| Candiduria rate | January 2015 to December 2017 | the proportion of patients with Candiduria |
| treatment rate | January 2015 to December 2017 | the proportion of patients with Candiduria treated with antifungal agents |
| mortality rate | January 2015 to December 2017 | 1. the number of patients who die / the number of all hospitalized patients 2. the number of patients who die from Candiduria/ the number of all hospitalized patients |
| average indwelling catheter duration | January 2015 to December 2017 | The sum of indwelling catheter durations / the number of all hospitalized patients with Candiduria |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed