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Table 3 Origin of sepsis and type of organism involved

From: Effects of high doses of selenium, as sodium selenite, in septic shock: a placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, phase II study

Characteristic

Placebo group (n = 29)

Selenium group (n = 31)

Site of infection

  

   Lung only

9 (31)

19 (61)a

   Abdomen only

5 (17)

2 (6)

   Urinary tract only

1 (3)

0 (0)

   Other (one site only)b

3 (10)

7 (23)

   More than one site

11 (38)

3 (10)c

At least one positive blood culture

12 (41)

8 (26)

Type of positive culture (any site)

  

   Purely Gram-positive

9 (31)

4 (13)

   Purely Gram-negative

10 (34)

5 (16)

   Anaerobes only

2 (7)

0 (0)

   Mycobacterium

0 (0)

1 (3)

   Mixed

7 (24)

11 (35)

  1. Data presented as n (%). aP = 0.019. bOther sites included bone, catheter-related infection, septicaemia, central nervous system or oropharyngeal infections. cP = 0.010.