Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Expression of the C5a receptor (CD88) on granulocytes and monocytes in patients with severe sepsis
Patient | Sex, age (years) | Underlying disease | Diagnosis of infection | Significant culture findings | APACHE II score, debut/inclusion | Day 28 mortality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Male, 56 | Renal transplantation | Streptococcal sepsis | β-Haemolysing streptococci group A in wound culture | 27/26 | Alive |
2 | Female, 85 | Hypertension | Bilateral pneumonia | No positive cultures | 21/20 | Alive |
3 | Female, 53 | Arteriosclerosis, infected aortic graft | Postoperative sepsis | Coagulase-negative staphylococci in graft culture | 15/16 | Dead |
4 | Male, 81 | Cholelithiasis | Klebsiella sepsis, cholecystitis | Klebsiella pneumophila in blood culture | 22/16 | Alive |
5 | Male, 21 | Pancreatitis | Pancreatic abscess | No positive cultures | 12/13 | Alive |
6 | Male, 74 | Aortic aneurysm | Postoperative abdominal infection | Proteus mirabilis, Citrobacter freudi, Candida albicans and Candida glabrata in abdominal fluid and wound cultures | 20/18 | Dead |
7 | Male, 55 | Stroke, alcohol abuse, angina pectoris | Burn wound infection | Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumophila in wound cultures | 16/18 | Alive |
8 | Male, 61 | Alcohol abuse, malignancy, hypercalcemia | Pneumonia | No positive cultures | 18/11 | Alive |
9 | Female, 78 | Angina pectoris, necrotising pancreatitis | Postoperative sepsis | Candida albicans in tracheal culture | 15/22 | Alive |
10 | Female, 51 | Diabetes, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarctions, infarction in cerebellum, embolus in arteria poplitea and compartment syndrome | Necrotising infection of the calf muscles | Enterococcus faecalis in blood culture | 28/18 | Alive |
11 | Male, 74 | Sigmoideum cancer | Postoperative abdominal infection? | No positive cultures | 13/13 | Alive |
12 | Female, 73 | Idiopathic thrombocytopaenia, arteriosclerosis, aortic graft | Postoperative sepsis | Staphylococcus aureus in wound culture | 12/14 | Alive |