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Table 2 Characteristics of septic patients (N = 32)

From: Body temperature patterns as a predictor of hospital-acquired sepsis in afebrile adult intensive care unit patients: a case-control study

Characteristics

Data

Severe sepsis, n (%)

27 (84.4)

Septic shock, n (%)

21 (65.6)

Culture site, n (%)

 

   Blood

11 (34.4)

   Respiratory

21 (65.6)

Type of organism, n (%)

 

   Gram-negative

15 (46.9)

   Gram-positive

11 (34.4)

   Mixed Gram-negative and Gram-positive

5 (15.6)

   Fungal

1 (3.1)