Table 2.
Diagnosis and Outcome by Sepsis Disease Severity in Patients With Cancer
| Disease Category |
Patients, N (%)a |
Neutropenia, n (%) | Diagnosisb | n (%) | 30-Day Mortality, n (%) [Missing] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No SIRS | 13 (8.0) | 7 (53.9) | Bacteremia | 6 (46.2) | 0 (0) |
| Other infection | 3 (23.1) | [0] | |||
| Suspected infection | 3 (23.1) | ||||
| Alternative diagnosis | 1 (7.7) | ||||
| SIRS only | 6 (3.7) | 2 (33.3) | Alternative diagnosis | 6 (100) | 0 (0) |
| [1] | |||||
| Sepsis | 72 (43.8) | 40 (56.3) | Bacteremia | 24 (33.3) | 3 (4.2) |
| Other infection | 19 (25.4) | [1] | |||
| Cx-neg sepsis | 29 (40.8) | ||||
| Severe sepsis | 46 (29.0) | 19 (41.3) | Bacteremia | 29 (63.0) | 2 (4.3) |
| Other infection | 4 (10.4) | [0] | |||
| Cx-neg sepsis | 13 (29.2) | ||||
| Septic shock | 25 (15.4) | 12 (48.0) | Bacteremia | 12 (48.0) | 1 (4.0) |
| Other infection | 7 (29.2) | [0] | |||
| Cx-neg sepsis | 6 (20.8) | ||||
| Total | 162 (100) | 80 (49.4) | Bacteremia | 71 (43.8) | 6 (3.8) |
| Other infection | 33 (20.4) | [2] | |||
| Cx-neg sepsis | 48 (29.6) | ||||
| Suspected infection | 3 (1.9) | ||||
| Alternative diagnosis | 7 (4.3) |
Abbreviations: Cx-neg, culture-negative; SIRS, systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
a
Percent over all patients (columns). Other proportions in table over disease category (rows).
b
Diagnosis categorization is mutually exclusive. When bacteremia and source are both known, patient is characterized only as bacteremia.