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.