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Table 2 Frequency of bacteria for the culture-positive septic shock

From: Characteristics and clinical outcomes of culture-negative and culture-positive septic shock: a single-center retrospective cohort study

Species

Frequency (%)

Escherichia coli

377 (37.3)

Klebsiella species

200 (19.8)

Staphylococcus species

83 (8.2)

Streptococcus species

63 (6.2)

Enterococcus species

57 (5.6)

Enterobacter species

53 (5.2)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

51 (5.0)

Citrobacter freundii

21 (2.1)

Acinetobacter baumannii

20 (2.0)

Clostridium species

14 (1.4)

Etc.a

71 (7.0)

  1. Data are presented as n (%)
  2. aEtc included Bacillus species, Bacteroides species, Campylobacter species, Chryseobacterium indologenes, Eggerthella lenta, Flayonifractor plautii, Fusobacterium species, Haemophilus influenzae, Kocuria species, Morganella morganii, Peptostreptococcus species, Proteus mirabilis, Vibrio vulnificus
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