Table 1 |
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Characteristics of patients with severe sepsis and of healthy control individuals |
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Patients with severe sepsis |
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Characteristic |
Survivors (n = 54) |
Nonsurvivors (n = 19) |
Healthy controls (n = 76) |
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Age (years) |
65.1 ± 17.0 |
68.4 ± 14.6 |
65 ± 7.9 |
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Gender (male/female) |
29/25 |
12/7 |
43/33 |
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APACHE II score |
21.0 ± 7.3 |
29.4 ± 7.8* |
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Septic shock (emergency department visit) |
27 (50.0%) |
15 (78.9%)* |
- |
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Length of stay in ICU (days) |
29.2 ± 20.2 |
9.7 ± 11.0* |
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Diagnoses of severe sepsis (n [%]) |
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Pneumonia |
29 (53.7) |
10 (52.6) |
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Soft tissue infections |
8 (14.8) |
1 (5.3) |
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Urinary tract infections |
6 (11.1) |
1 (5.3) |
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Biliary tract infections |
5 (9.3) |
1 (5.3) |
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Central nervous system infections |
1 (1.8) |
2 (10.5) |
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Unknown foci |
5 (9.3) |
4 (21.0) |
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Microbiological data (n) |
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Gram-negative bacteria |
21 |
5 |
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Gram-positive bacteria |
12 |
3 |
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Polybacterial |
8 |
2 |
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Fungi |
3 |
0 |
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Positive culturesa |
45 |
10 |
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Positive bacteremiasb |
20 |
5 |
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Data are shown as mean ± standard deviation, unless otherwise stated. *P < 0.05, versus survivors. aRates of positive culture; samples include sputum, urine, and other tissues. bRates of positive blood culture. |
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Chuang et al. Critical Care 2006 10:R36 doi:10.1186/cc4826 |
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