Table 2.
Patient Characteristics
| Patient no. | Group | Age (y)/gender | Admitting diagnosis | Complications | MODS score | ISS | Positive cultures | Splenectomy | Disposition (LOS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S | 38/F | Metastatic colon adenocarcinoma and abdominal sepsis | Respiratory failure; septic shock; pneumonia; peritonitis; bronchopleural fistula | 9 | NA | Peritoneal fluid: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; sputum: Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus; urine: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus | Day 7 (abdominal reexploration) | Discharged (65 d) |
| 2 | S | 51/M | Necrotizing fasciitis | Respiratory failure; sepsis | 3 | NA | Wound Gram stain with mixed organisms, including gram-negative rods and Enterococcus | Postmortem | Death (2 d) |
| 3 | S | 19/M | Polysystem trauma | Respiratory failure; septic shock; pneumonia; peritonitis; renal failure; hepatic failure | 9 | 50 | Peritoneum: Aspergillus fumigatus; sputum: Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Day 27 (abdominal reexploration) | Death (30 d) |
| 4 | S | 83/F | Peritonitis secondary to colon anastomotic leak | Respiratory failure; sepsis; stroke; hepatic failure; DIC | 4 | NA | Peritoneal fluid Gram stain with gram-positive cocci, growth of Bacteroides fragilis; urine: Enterococcus; sputum: yeast | Postmortem | Death (8 d) |
| 5 | S | 80/F | Perforated cecum and obstructing rectal cancer | Respiratory failure, septic shock | 8 | NA | Sputum: yeast | Postmortem | Death (43 d) |
| 6 | S | 47/M | Necrotizing fasciitis of neck | Respiratory failure | 7 | NA | Tissue: Viridans group Streptococci | Postmortem | Death (3 d) |
| 7 | S | 79/F | Perforated sigmoid colon | Respiratory failure, septic shock | 4 | NA | Blood: ORSA; urine: ORSA; sputum: ORSA | Postmortem | Death (32 d) |
| 8 | I | 20/F | Polysystem trauma | Respiratory failure | 1 | 29 | Day of admission | Discharged (10 d) | |
| 9 | I | 80/F | Polysystem trauma | Respiratory failure | 1 | 27 | Postmortem | Death (7 d) | |
| 10 | I | 42/M | Splenic laceration sustained during assault | 1 | 16 | Sputum: Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae | Day of admission | Discharged (7 d) | |
| 11 | I | 20/F | Polysystem trauma | 0 | 10 | Day of admission | Discharged (5 d) | ||
| 12 | I | 71/F | Polysystem trauma | 1 | 29 | Day of admission | Discharged (6 d) | ||
| 13 | I | 18/M | Gunshot wound to abdomen | 1 | 9 | Day of admission | Discharged (20 d) |
F, female; I, injury (control) patients; ISS, Injury Severity Score; LOS, length of stay in hospital; M, male; MODS, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; ORSA, oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; S, sepsis patients.