Table 4

Characteristics of the 13 patients who were positive for microbiologic investigations

EA level

Age

Surgery

APACHE

SIRS

Gram +

Gram -

Other

Time

ICU

Hosp

Alive

0.140

77

A

11

2

Klebsiella

Late

4

20

Y

0.446

50

T

6

2

Candida

Late

1

6

Y

0.432

73

O

13

2

Contaminants

Late

2

6

Y

0.125

78

A

9

2

Pseudomonas

Late

24

26

Y

0.333

71

A

9

1

S. epidermidis

Early

1

12

Y

0.235

43

A

10

2

S. aureus

Early

2

12

Y

0.330

90

O

11

2

Enterobacter

Early

1

32

Y

0.191

72

A

10

2

S. aureus

Early

8

19

Y

0.558

59

T

4

2

Pseudomonas

Early

5

9

Y

0.498

36

O

3

3

Enterococcus

Early

5

19

Y

0.750

78

A

7

1

Pseudomonas

Early

28

-

N

0.825

67

A

13

3

Morganella M

Late

22

-

N

0.740

76

T

8

1

Klebsiella

Late

7

29

Y

Table includes endotoxin activity (EA) level, age, type of surgery (A = abdominal, T = thoracic, O = other), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) score, numbers of Systemic Inflammatory Reaction Syndrome (SIRS) criteria met at the time of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, strain of microrganisms isolated, whether the microbiological samples were collected early after the admission (E – within three days) or at a later time (L); the ICU and hospital length of stay, survival.

Valenza et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R102   doi:10.1186/cc7934