Table 4.

Characteristics of the 13 patients who were positive for microbiologic investigations

EA level	Age	Surgery	APACHE	SIRS	Gram +	Gram -	Other	Time	ICU	Hosp	Alive
0.140	77	A	11	2		Klebsiella		Late	4	20	Y
0.446	50	T	6	2			Candida	Late	1	6	Y
0.432	73	O	13	2		Contaminants		Late	2	6	Y
0.125	78	A	9	2		Pseudomonas		Late	24	26	Y
0.333	71	A	9	1	S. epidermidis			Early	1	12	Y
0.235	43	A	10	2	S. aureus			Early	2	12	Y
0.330	90	O	11	2		Enterobacter		Early	1	32	Y
0.191	72	A	10	2	S. aureus			Early	8	19	Y
0.558	59	T	4	2		Pseudomonas		Early	5	9	Y
0.498	36	O	3	3	Enterococcus			Early	5	19	Y
0.750	78	A	7	1		Pseudomonas		Early	28	-	N
0.825	67	A	13	3		Morganella M		Late	22	-	N
0.740	76	T	8	1		Klebsiella		Late	7	29	Y

Table includes endotoxin activity (EA) level, age, type of surgery (A = abdominal, T = thoracic, O = other), Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) score, numbers of Systemic Inflammatory Reaction Syndrome (SIRS) criteria met at the time of intensive care unit (ICU) admission, strain of microrganisms isolated, whether the microbiological samples were collected early after the admission (E – within three days) or at a later time (L); the ICU and hospital length of stay, survival.