Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the study population (132 patients).
Character | |
Age, median (range) | 62 (18–93 years) |
Gender (female/male) | 62/70 |
Causative organism | |
S. aureus | 32 (24%) |
Str. pneumoniae | 37 (28%) |
B- hemolytic streptococcus | 22 (17%) |
E. coli | 41 (31%) |
Focus of infection (one patient may have several focuses) | |
Lung | 33 (25%) |
Skin | 33 (25%) |
Urinary | 29 (22%) |
Osteomyelitis/spondylitis | 13 (10%) |
Other or unknown focus | 41 (31%) |
BMI (kg/m2), median (range)a | 26 (15–39) |
Diabetes mellitus (type 1 or 2) | 33 (25%) |
Current smokingb | 33 (28%) |
Alcohol abuse | 21 (16%) |
Cancer (solid or hematological) | 23 (17%) |
At least one chronic disease | 107 (81%) |
McCabe class II or IIIc | 22 (17%) |
Cardiac diseased | 41 (31%) |
SOFA score, median (quartiles)e | 2 (1–6) |
ICU treamentf | 42 (32%) |
Died (d-30 case fatality) | 18 (14%) |
BMI data available on 101 patients,
smoking data available on 120 patients,
rapidly or ultimately fatal disease,
valvular, coronary artery disease, heart failure or cardiac myopathy,
sequential organ failure assessment,
intensive care unit.