Table 2.

Sepsis stratified by decade and organisms

	July 1989 to June 1999	July 1999 to June 2009	P value
Deaths due to fungal sepsis (%)	26	6*	<0.05
Deaths due to sepsis from drug sensitive organisms (%)	32	8*	<0.05
Deaths due to sepsis from resistant organisms (%)	42	86*	<0.05
Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms
Klebsiella Pneumonia (%)	25	2	NS
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (%)	25	64	NS
Acinetobacter baumannii (%)	0	27	NS
MRSA (%)	12.5	5	NS
Enterococcus faecalis (%)	25	2	NS
Enterobacter cloacae (%)	12.5	0	NS

Data presented as average ± standard deviation.

* P < 0.05 compared with other causes of death.

MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; NS = no significance.