Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study sample according to severity of infection.
| Infected patients without SIRS (n = 36) |
Sepsis patients (n = 91) |
Severe sepsis patients (n = 13) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n) | 20 | 49 | 11 |
| Girls (n) | 16 | 42 | 2 |
| Age (months) | 84.6 ± 77.01 | 70.4 ± 69.7 | 97.5 ± 88.2 |
| Number of days of symptoms at hospital admission | 3.8 ± 2.4 | 3.3 ± 2.5 | 2.9 ± 1.8 |
| Number of day of symptoms at study entry | 5.5 ± 3.2 | 4.5 ± 3.0 | 3.8 ± 2.0 |
| Treatment time in the hospital (days) | 6.3 ± 4.2 | 8.6 ± 5.9 | 15.4 ± 13.5 |
1mean ± standard deviation.