TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics, sepsis severity and pathogen isolated for the study population

Case	Age, years	Sex	MHx	Presenting signs/Sx	Sepsis*				Pathogen
					Heart rate, beats/min	Temperature, °C	White blood cell count, ×109/L	Respiratory rate, breaths/min
1	56	Male	COPD Hypertension Chronic kidney disease Current smoker	Cough Fever ↓Blood pressure Hypoxia	141	38.9	5.7	28	Methicillin-resistant Staphyolcoccus aureus
2	32	Male	Nil Nonsmoker	Cough Fever Hypoxia	150	39.2	5.1	30	Streptococcus pneumoniae
3	50	Female	DMII Hypothyroidism Nonsmoker	Cough Fever Hypoxia	95	38.7	2.9	28	Klebsiella pneumoniae
4	46	Male	Hypertension Hypercholesterolemia Alcohol abuse Current smoker	Hypoxia	116	38.2	1.4	35	S pneumoniae
5	36	Female	Asthma Current smoker	Cough ↓Blood pressure Hypoxia	130	37	0.5	36	S pneumoniae

^*Sepsis was defined by meeting the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) with an active infection. SIRS can be defined as two or more of the following criteria: fever <36.0°C or >38.3°C, heart rate >90 beats/min, respiratory rate >30 breaths/min, white blood cell count >12×10⁹/L and/or <4×10⁹/L and/or >10% immature cells (Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Intensive Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society/Surgical Infection Society 2003 sepsis definitions). ↓ Decreased; COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DMII Type 2 diabetes mellitus; MHx Medical history; Sx Symptoms