Table 3 Origin and type of infection in infected patients
From: Epidemiology of sepsis in intensive care units in Turkey: a multicenter, point-prevalence study
All infected patients n = 863 | Infection n = 237 | Infection + SIRS n = 163 | Severe sepsis without shock n = 260 | Septic shock (SEPSIS I) n = 203 | Septic shocka(SEPSIS-III) n = 104 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Origin of infection, n (%) | ||||||
Community-acquired | 285 (32.8) | 85 (35.8) | 52 (31.9) | 86 (33) | 62 (30.5) | 30 (28.8) |
Hospital-acquired | 259 (30) | 59 (24.8) | 52 (31.9) | 75 (28.8) | 73 (35.9) | 38 (36.5) |
ICU-acquired | 211 (24.4) | 62 (26.1) | 44 (26.9) | 64 (24.6) | 41 (20.1) | 21 (20.1) |
Unknown | 108 (12.5) | 31 (13.0) | 15 (9.2) | 35 (13.4) | 27 (13.3) | 15 (14.4) |
Type of infectionb, n (%) | ||||||
Respiratory | 618 (71.6) | 158 (66.6) | 118 (72.3) | 188 (72.3) | 154 (75.9) | 85 (81.7) |
Bloodstream | 77 (8.9) | 28 (11.8) | 15 (9.2) | 22 (8.5) | 12 (5.9) | 9 (8.6) |
Renal/urinary | 67 (7.8) | 21 (8.8) | 12 (7.4) | 19 (7.3) | 15 (7.3) | 7 (6.7) |
Catheter-related | 56 (6.5) | 17 (7.1) | 8 (4.9) | 18 (6.9) | 13 (6.4) | 6 (5.7) |
Intra-abdominal | 49 (5.6) | 10 (4.2) | 9 (5.5) | 12 (4.6) | 18 (8.8) | 13 (12.5) |
Surgical | 32 (3.7) | 6 (2.5) | 5 (3.0) | 9 (3.4) | 12 (5.9) | 3 (2.8) |
Skin/soft tissue | 24 (2.7) | 6 (2.5) | 8 (4.9) | 10 (3.8) | 0 (0)* | 0 (0) |
Others | 22 (2.5) | 2 (0.8) | 6 (3.7) | 9 (3.4) | 5 (2.5) | 3 (2.9) |