@article{Saba Zeb_Qayyum_Nisar_Abbas_Siddiqi_Mehreen_2023, title={Factors Associated with Outcome in Patients Managed for Invasive Fungal Infections at the Infectious Diseases Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital}, volume={73}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/9308}, DOI={10.51253/pafmj.v73i2.9308}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To look for the factors associated with outcomes in patients managed for invasive fungal infections at the Infectious Diseases Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Comparative cross-sectional study</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Department of Infectious Diseases, Pak Emirates Military Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan,from Apr 2021 to Sep 2022.</p> <p><strong>Methodology:</strong> A total of 90 patients with a different types of invasive fungal infections diagnosed by consultant infectious diseases were recruited. First, they were given standard treatment for fungal infection; they were diagnosed as per guidelines.Then, they were followed up for one month to look for an outcome. </p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 90 patients with invasive fungal infections included in the study, 62(68.8%) had a good outcome, while 28(31.2%) had a poor outcome. The mean age of the patients recruited in our study was 39.54±6.27 years. Of all the participants, 65(72.2%) patients were male, while 25(27.8%) were female. Statistical analysis revealed that poorly controlled diabetes, COVID-19 infection and HIV positive were statistically significantly associated with poor outcomes in our study participants (p-value<0.05).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The Considerable number of patients with invasive fungal infections had a poor outcome in our study. The presence of poorly controlled diabetes, COVID-19 infection and being HIV positive were the factors associated with poor outcomes in our study participants.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Saba Zeb, Fakhra and Qayyum, Uzma and Nisar, Shazia and Abbas, Syed Waqar and Siddiqi, Faud Ahmad and Mehreen, Sobia}, year={2023}, month={Apr.}, pages={427–30} }