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Table 2 Sources of infection and causative organisms

From: The effects of IgM-enriched immunoglobulin preparations in patients with severe sepsis [ISRCTN28863830]

Criterion

Pentaglobin® group

Control group

Sources of infection

Abdominal sepsis 11 (52.4)

Abdominal sepsis 9 (42.8)

 

Urosepsis 1 (4.8)

Urosepsis 2 (9.5)

 

Pneumonia 5 (23.8)

Pneumonia 9 (42.8)

 

CNS infection 3 (14)

Pericarditis 1 (4.7)

 

Endocarditis 1 (4.8)

 

Causative organisms

P. aeruginosa 5 (23.8)

P. aeruginosa 5 (23.8)

 

MRSA 9 (42.8)

MRSA 5 (23.8)

 

Acinetobacter sp. 1 (4.8)

Acinetobacter sp. 4 (19)

 

K. pneumoniae 1 (4.8)

K. pneumoniae 1 (4.7)

 

Enterobacter sp. 1 (4.8)

E. coli 1 (4.7)

 

S. maltophilia 1 (4.8)

Undetermined 5 (23.8)

 

Undetermined 3 (14)

 
  1. 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.