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Sources of infection and causative organisms |
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| Criterion |
Pentaglobin® group |
Control group |
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| Sources of infection |
Abdominal sepsis 11 (52.4) |
Abdominal sepsis 9 (42.8) |
| Urosepsis 1 (4.8) |
Urosepsis 2 (9.5) |
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| Pneumonia 5 (23.8) |
Pneumonia 9 (42.8) |
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| CNS infection 3 (14) |
Pericarditis 1 (4.7) |
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| Endocarditis 1 (4.8) |
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| Causative organisms |
P. aeruginosa 5 (23.8) |
P. aeruginosa 5 (23.8) |
| MRSA 9 (42.8) |
MRSA 5 (23.8) |
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| Acinetobacter sp. 1 (4.8) |
Acinetobacter sp. 4 (19) |
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| K. pneumoniae 1 (4.8) |
K. pneumoniae 1 (4.7) |
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| Enterobacter sp. 1 (4.8) |
E. coli 1 (4.7) |
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| S. maltophilia 1 (4.8) |
Undetermined 5 (23.8) |
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| Undetermined 3 (14) |
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Values are expresed as n (%). Pentaglobin® group (n = 21); control group (n = 21). CNS, central nervous system; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; E. coli, Escherichia coli; K. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; S. maltophilia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. | ||
Tugrul et al. Critical Care 2002 6:357 doi:10.1186/cc1523 |
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