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Table 2 Etiology of the intra abdominal infection

From: Procalcitonin biomarker kinetics fails to predict treatment response in perioperative abdominal infection with septic shock

Microorganisms

All

Treatment success

Treatment failure

P

(n = 134)

(n = 89)

(n = 45)

E. coli

35 (26)

21 (24)

14 (31)

0.35

Enterobacter sp

11 (8)

7 (8)

4 (9)

0.83

P. aeruginosa

8 (8)

6 (7)

2 (4)

0.96

E. faecalis

12 (12)

7 (8)

5 (11)

0.54

E. faecium

13 (9)

8 (9)

5 (11)

0.69

Other Enterobacteriaceae

17 (13)

14 (16)

3 (7)

0.14

Candida sp

11 (11)

7 (8)

4 (9)

0.84

Anaerobes

8 (6)

3 (4)

5 (11)

0.07

Others

19 (14)

16 (18)

3 (7)

0.07

  1. Categorical data are expressed as number and percentage.