Table 3.
Nosocomial infection/sepsis, and sites of nosocomial infection by treatment group
| Variable | WHEY Group N=144 |
ZSGM Group N=149 |
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| Patients with Events | ||
| One or More Events (%) | 41 | 42 |
| Nosocomial Infection (%) | 31 | 35 |
| Nosocomial Sepsis (%) | 22 | 17 |
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| Total Number of Infections | 73 | 83 |
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| Site of Infection | ||
| Lower Respiratory | 41 | 52 |
| Upper Respiratory | 2 | 1 |
| Urinary Tract | 12 | 8 |
| Skin or Soft Tissue | 6 | 6 |
| Bacteremia | 11 | 11 |
| Other | 1 | 5 |
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| Total Number of Infecting Organisms | N=100 | N=107 |
| Fungi | 16 | 21 |
| Candida albicans | 6 | 4 |
| Candida tropicalis | 4 | 3 |
| Yeast | 0 | 7 |
| Candida glabrata | 1 | 3 |
| Candida lusitanae | 2 | 2 |
| Other | 3 | 2 |
| Gram-Negative Bacilli | 43 | 40 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 14 | 14 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 5 | 8 |
| Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 4 | 3 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 4 | 2 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 3 | 3 |
| Other | 13 | 10 |
| Gram-Positive Bacilli | 1 | 1 |
| Clostridium dificile | 1 | 1 |
| Gram-Negative Cocci | 2 | 2 |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 2 | 2 |
| Gram-Positive Cocci | 35 | 37 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 13 | 18 |
| Staphylococcus coagulase negative | 1 | 8 |
| Enterococcus faecalis | 2 | 2 |
| Staphylococcus Epidermidis | 3 | 1 |
| Other | 16 | 8 |
| Virus | 2 | 3 |
| Undetermined | 1 | 3 |