TABLE 2.

Sites of infection and strains diagnosed at the onset of sepsis

Variable	No. of patients
Positive microbial documentation of infection	5
Positive blood culture result	11
Site of infection
Abdomen	6
Genitourinary tract	3
Respiratory tract	2
Other	3
Primary infecting microorganism
Escherichia coli	6
Klebsiella	2
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	2
Proteus species	2
Other gram-negative species	4