Table 3.

Site of infection and microbiologic data of septic shock AIDS patients

Site of infection	n
Pulmonary	23 (52%)
Primary bacteremia	17 (38%)
Venous catheter-related infection	3 (7%)
Urinary tract infections	1 (3%)
Microbiology of infection	N
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10 (23%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	6 (13%)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis	6 (13%)
Enterobacter sp.	5 (11%)
Staphylococcus aureus	5 (11%)
Staphylococcus negative-coagulase	4 (9%)
Escherichia coli	3 (7%)
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	3 (7%)
Serratia marcescens	3 (7%)
Other	5 (11%)