Table 3.
Laboratory results
| LRINEC <6 (45%) |
LRINEC ≥6 (55%) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streptococcus (%) | 51(40.8) | 45 (33.1) | 0.19 |
| Staphylococcus (%) | 47(37.6) | 49 (35.8) | 0.76 |
| Bacteroides (%) | 30 (24.0) | 26 (18.9) | 0.32 |
| Escherichia coli (%) | 15 (12) | 16 (11.6) | 0.92 |
| Pseudomonas (%) | 3 (2.4) | 16 (11.7) | 0.004 |
| Proteus mirabilis (%) | 0 (0) | 5(3.6) | 0.06 |
| Gram positive (%) | 94 (82.5) | 99 (76.2) | 0.09 |
| Gram negative (%) | 48 (42.1) | 71 (54.6) | 0.08 |
| Causative bacteria (%) | |||
| Type I (polybacterial) (%) | 36 (31.6) | 38 (29.2) | 0.06 for all |
| Type II (Monobacterial) (%) | 70 (61.4) | 70 (53.8) | |
| Type III (Murine bacteria) (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Type IV (Fungal) (%) | 8 (7.0) | 22 (16.9) | |
| C-Reactive protein level, mean±SD | 119 ± 82 | 249 ± 111 | 0.001 |
| Initial Procalcitonin level, median (range) | 0.85(0.09-182) | 8.1(0.07-303) | 0.127 |
| SOFA score | |||
| Mean | 8.7 ± 2.4 | 11.6 ± 3.3 | 0.001 |
| Median | 8 (2-19) | 11 (4-21) | |
| LRINEC score | |||
| Mean | 3.7 ± 1.1 | 8.4 ± 2.1 | 0.001 |
| Median | 4 (1-5) | 8 (6-13) | |