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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Apr;40(4):1129–1135. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182376e9f

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Temporal relationship of nosocomial infection (NI), multiple organ dysfunction (MOF) and mortality. No MOF/No NI – patients who never experience either condition; NI/No MOF – patients who had nosocomial infection, never had MOF; MOF 1st – patients who had MOF before a diagnosis of nosocomial infection; MOF/No NI – patients who had MOF, never had nosocomial infection; NI 1st – patients who had nosocomial infection before a diagnosis of MOF; Concurrent – patients who had MOF and nosocomial infection diagnosed on the same day.