TABLE 1.
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS
| Control Patients |
|||
| Patients with Sepsis | Heart | Kidney | |
| Age, mean (range) | 67 (18–94) | 56 (26–76) | 41 (18–85) |
| Sex, M/F | 24/20 | 16/9 | 22/7 |
| Sites of infection | |||
| Intrapelvic abscess | 4 | ||
| Intravascular catheters | 3 | ||
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 2 | ||
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 27 | ||
| Peritonitis | 19 | ||
| Retroperitoneal abscess | 1 | ||
| Urinary tract infection | 2 | ||
| Pathology | |||
| Heart transplant recipients | 12 | ||
| Neurologic death | 13 | ||
| Trauma | 20 | ||
| Cancer | 9 | ||
| Days in hospital, median (range) | 11 (1–195) | ||
| Days in ICU, median (range) | 8 (1–195) | ||
| Days of sepsis, median (range) | 4 (1–40) | ||
| Comorbidities | |||
| Diabetes | 12 | ||
| Heart disease | 30 | ||
| Morbid obesity | 5 | ||
| Neurologic | 6 | ||
| Renal disease | 3 | ||
| Respiratory | 9 | ||
| Organ failure | |||
| Circulatory (vasopressors) | 39 | ||
| Hepatic | 13 | ||
| Renal | 30 | ||
| Respiratory | 37 | ||
| Microbiology | |||
| Gram positive | 21 | ||
| Gram negative | 28 | ||
| Fungal | 3 | ||