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A prospective study was conducted in non-neutropenic ICU patients in whom Candida was detected. Invasive candidiasis is defined based on evidence of disseminated or multifocal candidiasis. Post-mortem study is used as the gold standard for Candida-attributable mortality, and is compared with attributable mortality determined according to clinical study and statistically attributable mortality in relation to the overall mortality of ICU patients and colonized patients. The post-mortem attributable mortality was 30.6% and 22.6% according to the clinical study, while the statistically attributable mortality was 25% in relation to overall ICU mortality and 27% in relation to Candida colonization. Thus, the results of the different calculations of attributable mortality (statistical vs. crude death rate) due to Candida are in agreement. 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