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Table 2 Microbiological and infection characteristics of the patients

From: High mobility group box-1 protein in patients with suspected community-acquired infections and sepsis: a prospective study

Variable

Infected patients without SIRS

(n = 32)

Patients with sepsis

(n = 47)

Patients with severe sepsis

(n = 27)

Assessment of infection, number

   

   Gram-positive bacteria

6

12

10

   Gram-negative bacteria

7

10

7

   Other bacteria

0

2a

0

   Bacteraemia

1

4

7

   Virus

3b

4c

1d

   CXR verified pneumoniae

9

13

7

   Radiological evidencef

0

1

0

   Obvious clinical infectiong

7

5

2

Focus of infection, number

   

   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. aMycoplasma pneumoniae (n = 2); bEpstein-Barr virus (n = 1), influenza A virus (n = 2);
  2. cEpstein-Barr virus (n = 2), influenza A virus (n = 2); dPuumala virus (n = 1); eCXR verified pneumonia with no identified pathogen; finfection documented by imaging techniques (other than CXR) with no identified pathogen; gclinical infection (for instance, erysipelas, wound infection). CXR, chest x-ray; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.