Table 4 Sites of infection and microbiology according to hospital survivability of patients with sepsis.

From: Factors relating to mortality in septic patients in Vietnamese intensive care units from a subgroup analysis of MOSAICS II study

Variable

All cases

n = 252

Survived

n = 151

Died

n = 101

Pa

Site of infection

Respiratory, no. (%)

143 (56.7)

82 (54.3)

61 (60.4)

0.339

Urinary tract, no. (%)

37 (14.7)

30 (19.9)

7 (6.9)

0.004

Abdominal, no. (%)

61 (24.2)

34 (22.5)

27 (26.7)

0.444

Neurological, no. (%)

12 (4.8)

8 (5.3)

4 (4.0)

0.767

Bones or joints, no. (%)

2 (0.8)

2 (1.3)

0

0.518

Skin or cutaneous sites, no. (%)

19 (7.5)

7 (4.6)

12 (11.9)

0.033

Intravascular catheter, no. (%)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.7)

0

> 0.999

Infective endocarditis, no. (%)

1 (0.4)

0

1 (1.0)

0.401

Primary bacteraemia, no. (%)

7 (2.8)

5 (3.3)

2 (2.0)

0.705

Systemic, no. (%)

6 (2.4)

4 (2.6)

2 (2.0)

> 0.999

Others, no. (%)

–

–

–

–

Microbiology

No pathogens detected, no. (%)

67 (26.6)

47 (31.1)

20 (19.8)

0.046

Gram negative bacteria, no. (%)

156 (61.9)

88 (58.3)

68 (67.3)

0.147

 Klebsiella pneumonia

27 (10.7)

16 (10.6)

11 (10.9)

0.941

 Acinetobacter baumannii

45 (17.9)

21 (13.9)

24 (23.8)

0.045

 Escherichia coli

44 (17.5)

26 (17.2)

18 (17.8)

0.902

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

24 (9.5)

17 (11.3)

7 (6.9)

0.251

 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

2 (0.8)

0

2 (2.0)

0.160

 Proteus species

47 (18.7)

25 (16.6)

22 (21.8)

0.297

 Enterobacter cloacae

3 (1.2)

3 (2.0)

0

0.277

 Bulkholderia pseudomallei

1 (0.4)

0

1 (1.0)

0.221

Gram positive bacteria, no. (%)

34 (13.5)

22 (14.6)

12 (11.9)

0.540

 Enterococcus

5 (2.0)

5 (3.3)

0

0.085

 MSSA

5 (2.0)

3 (2.0)

2 (2.0)

> 0.999

 MRSA

10 (4.0)

6 (4.0)

4 (4.0)

> 0.999

 Other Streptococcus species

12 (4.8)

6 (4.0)

6 (5.9)

0.551

 Streptococcus pneumonia

2 (0.8)

2 (1.3)

0

0.518

Fungi, no. (%)

7 (2.8)

4 (2.6)

3 (3.0)

> 0.999

 Candida species

7 (2.8)

4 (2.6)

3 (3.0)

> 0.999

Viruses, no. (%)

2 (0.8)

0

2 (2.0)

0.160

 Influenza

1 (0.4)

0

1 (1.0)

0.401

 Dengue

1 (0.4)

0

1 (1.0)

0.401

Other pathogens, no. (%)

 Mycobacterium tuberculosis

4 (1.6)

3 (2.0)

1 (1.0)

0.651

  1. MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, no. number.
  2. aComparison between survived and died patients with sepsis.
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