Table 2

Sepsis stratified by decade and organisms

July 1989 to June 1999

July 1999 to June 2009

P value

Deaths due to fungal sepsis (%)

26

6*

<0.05

Deaths due to sepsis from drug sensitive organisms (%)

32

8*

<0.05

Deaths due to sepsis from resistant organisms (%)

42

86*

<0.05

Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms

Klebsiella Pneumonia (%)

25

2

NS

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (%)

25

64

NS

Acinetobacter baumannii (%)

0

27

NS

MRSA (%)

12.5

5

NS

Enterococcus faecalis (%)

25

2

NS

Enterobacter cloacae (%)

12.5

0

NS

Data presented as average ± standard deviation.

* P < 0.05 compared with other causes of death.

MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NS = no significance.

Williams et al. Critical Care 2009 13:R183   doi:10.1186/cc8170