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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Synopsis

Predictors and Patterns of Metastatic Candidozyma auris Infection, Spain, 2016–2024

Pedro Suarez-Urquiza1, Alba Ruiz-Gaitán1Comments to Author , Eva Calabuig, María Tasias, Víctor García Bustos, Ignacio Moreno, María Ángeles Ferre, Ana María Moret, Juan Frasquet, Patricio Favier, Javier Pemán, Maria Jesus Castaño-Aroca, Paula Muñoz Brell, Mónica Gordon, Maria Dolores Gomez-Ruiz, and Miguel Salavert-Lleti
Author affiliation: Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain (P. Suarez-Urquiza, A. Ruiz-Gaitán, E. Calabuig, M. Tasias, V. García Bustos, I. Moreno, M.Á. Ferre, A.M. Moret, J. Frasquet, P. Favier, J. Pemán, M.J. Castaño-Aroca, P. Muñoz Brell, M. Gordon, M.D. Gomez-Ruiz, M. Salavert-Lletí); Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia (P. Suarez-Urquiza, A. Ruiz-Gaitán, E. Calabuig, M. Tasias, V. García Bustos, J. Frasquet, P. Favier, J. Pemán, P. Muñoz Brell, M. Gordon, M.D. Gomez-Ruiz, M. Salavert-Lletí); Universitat de València, Valencia (E. Calabuig)

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Table 4

Cause-specific hazard of all-cause death associated with metastatic infection in patients with Candidozyma auris candidemia, Spain, 2016–2024*

Model and variable HR (95% CI) p value
30 d
Metastatic infection, unadjusted 2.01 (0.70–5.76) 0.196
Metastatic infection, adjusted 1.75 (0.58–5.29) 0.323
Age, per year 1.02 (0.99–1.04) 0.295
Charlson Comorbidity Index, per point
 1.02 (0.91–1.14)
 0.782
60 d
Metastatic infection, unadjusted 2.45 (1.15–5.20) 0.020
Metastatic infection, adjusted 2.21 (1.04–4.67) 0.038
Age, per year 1.02 (0.99–1.04) 0.181
Charlson Comorbidity Index, per point
 1.06 (0.98–1.14)
 0.172
90 d
Metastatic infection, unadjusted 2.38 (1.15–4.94) 0.020
Metastatic infection, adjusted 2.26 (1.09–4.67) 0.028
Age, per year 1.01 (0.99–1.03) 0.300
Charlson Comorbidity Index, per point 1.06 (0.97–1.14) 0.191

*Adjusted models included age (per year) and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (per point). Patients were followed until death or at the end of the corresponding follow-up horizon. HR, hazard ratio using cause-specific Cox proportional hazards models for all-cause death (n = 108).

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1These authors contributed equally to this work and are co–first authors.

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