Table 2.

Data on severity, site and nature of sepsis for study patients

	All patients	N = 439
	n	%
APACHE II diagnosis of sepsis	72	16%
Microbiologically confirmed infection	155	35%
Site of infection
Blood/bacteraemia	63	14%
Bronchopulmonary	211	48%
Deep wound	43	10%
Urinary	16	4%
Other	91	21%
Unknown	15	3%
Nature of infection
Bacterial - Gram positive	69	16%
Bacterial - Gram negative	42	10%
Mixed	35	8%
Fungal	6	1%
Viral	7	2%
Unknown	280	64%

Data presented as numbers and percentages.