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Microbiological and infection characteristics of the patients |
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| Variable |
Infected patients without SIRS (n = 32) |
Patients with sepsis (n = 47) |
Patients with severe sepsis (n = 27) |
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| Assessment of infection, number |
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| Gram-positive bacteria |
6 |
12 |
10 |
| Gram-negative bacteria |
7 |
10 |
7 |
| Other bacteria |
0 |
2a |
0 |
| Bacteraemia |
1 |
4 |
7 |
| Virus |
3b |
4c |
1d |
| CXR verified pneumoniae |
9 |
13 |
7 |
| Radiological evidencef |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Obvious clinical infectiong |
7 |
5 |
2 |
| Focus of infection, number |
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| Upper respiratory tract infection |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Lower respiratory tract infection |
12 |
25 |
15 |
| Endocarditis |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Gastroenteritis |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Pyelonephritis |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Cystitis |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Skin/Soft tissue infection |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| Bone/Joints |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Other |
8 |
11 |
3 |
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aMycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 2); bEpstein-Barr virus (n = 1), influenza A virus (n = 2); cEpstein-Barr virus (n = 2), influenza A virus (n = 2); dPuumala virus (n = 1); eCXR verified pneumonia with no identified pathogen; finfection documented by imaging techniques (other than CXR) with no identified pathogen; gclinical infection (for instance, erysipelas, wound infection). CXR, chest x-ray; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome. | |||
Gaïni et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R32 doi:10.1186/cc5715 |
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