Adhesion of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum 299v onto the gut mucosa in critically ill patients: a randomised open trial

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient	Age (years), gender	Diagnosis at admission	APACHE II score	Length of stay in ICU (days)
Treatment group
2	38, female	Pneumonia	13	14
4	63, male	Gun shot wound	15	10
5	52, female	Respiratory insufficiency	15	15
10	69, female	Pancreatitis	17	37
12	84, male	Pneumonia	24	4
14*	84, female	Pneumonia	23	10
15^†	72, male	Respiratory insufficiency	29	20
17	77, female	Sepsis	17	4
Control group
1	33, male	Multi-trauma	14	5
3	57, female	Pancreatitis	19	20
6	57, male	Pneumonia	15	11
8^†	61, male	Septic arthritis	24	49
11^†	60, male	Retropharyngeal abscess	19	19
13	76, male	Respiratory insufficiency	36	4
16	56, female	Sepsis	16	7

APACHE, Acute Pathophysiology and Chronic Health Evaluation. *Died in the hospital after the intensive care unit (ICU). ^†Died in the ICU.

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