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. 2007 Jul 6;11(4):R73. doi: 10.1186/cc5960

Table 3.

Origin of sepsis and type of organism involved

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)

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

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