Table 3. The source of infection of patients with severe sepsis (total >100% because 167 patients had more than one infection sites).
Variables | All patients (n = 484) | Survivors (n = 322) | Non-survivors (n = 162) | P Value |
Pneumonia | 419 (86.6%) | 276 (85.7%) | 143 (88.3%) | 0.436 |
Intra-abdominal infection | 80 (16.5%) | 58 (18.0%) | 22 (13.6%) | 0.215 |
Gastroenteritis | 41 (8.5%) | 27 (8.4%) | 14 (8.6%) | 0.924 |
Urinary tract infection | 37 (7.6%) | 25 (7.8%) | 12 (7.4%) | 0.889 |
Bloodstream infection | 37 (7.6%) | 16 (5%) | 21 (13%) | 0.002 |
Soft tissue infection | 34 (7.0%) | 19 (5.9%) | 15 (9.3%) | 0.172 |
Central nervous system infection | 23 (4.8%) | 19 (5.9%) | 4 (2.5%) | 0.094 |
Multiple-site infection (≥2) | 167 (34.5%) | 111 (34.5%) | 56 (34.6%) | 0.983 |