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Table 3 Microbiological and infection characteristics of the patients

From: Procalcitonin, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in community-acquired infections and sepsis: a prospective study

Variable

Infection without SIRS (n = 32)

Sepsis (n = 47)

Severe sepsis (n = 27)

Assessment of infection (n)

   

   Gram-positive bacteria

6

12

10

   Gram-negative bacteria

7

10

7

   Other bacteria

0

2a

0

   Bacteremia

1

4

7

   Virus

3b

4c

1d

   Chest X-ray-verified pneumoniae

9

13

7

   Radiological evidencef

0

1

0

   Obvious clinical infectiong

7

5

2

Focus of infection (n)

   

   Upper respiratory tract infection

1

0

1

   Lower respiratory tract infection

12

25

15

   Endocarditis

1

0

1

   Gastroenteritis

5

1

0

   Pyelonephritis

2

2

1

   Cystitis

0

3

3

   Skin/soft tissue infection

1

4

3

   Bone/joints

2

1

0

   Other

8

11

3

  1. SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome. aMycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 2). bEpstein–Barr virus (n = 1), influenzae A virus (n = 2). cEpstein–Barr virus (n = 2), influenza A virus (n = 2). dPuumala virus (n = 1). eChest X-ray-verified pneumonia with no identified pathogen. fInfection documented by imaging techniques (other than Chest X-ray) with no identified pathogen. gClinical infection (i.e. erysipelas, wound infection).