Table 4.

Mortality associated with infection site and pathogen

	Overall	TPE	No TPE	p
Site of infection
Pneumonia	26/40 (65%)	11/23 (47.8%)	15/17 (88.2%)	0.017
GU	2/14 (14.3%)	0/6 (0%)	2/8 (25%)
GI/biliary	6/12 (50%)	2/6 (33.3%)	4/6 (66.7%)
Skin/soft tissue	1/5 (20%)	1/1 (100%)	0/4 (0%)
Endocarditis	2/4 (50%)	1/3 (33.3%)	1/1 (100%)
Primary bacteremia	5/5 (100%)	1/1 (100%)	4/4 (100%)
Organism cultured
MRSA	2/5 (40%)	1/3 (33.3%)	1/2 (50%)
Streptococcus	3/5 (60%)	1/2 (50%)	2/3 (66.7%)
E. coli	6/11 (54.5%)	2/5 (40%)	4/6 (66.7%)
Pseudomonas	2/2 (100%)	1/1 (100%)	1/1 (100%)
Enterococcus	1/2 (50%)	0/1 (0%)	1/1 (100%)
Enterobacter	3/8 (37.5%)	2/3 (66.7%)	1/5 (20%)
Klebsiella	2/6 (33.3%)	0/4 (0%)	2/2 (100%)
Influenza	2/3 (66.7%)	0/1 (0%)	2/2 (100%)
Serratia	1/1 (100%)	1/1 (100%)	n/a
C. difficile	1/2 (50%)	n/a	1/2 (50%)
Salmonella	0/1 (0%)	n/a	0/1 (0%)
Culture negative	3/14 (21.4%)	1/10 (10%)	2/4 (50%)
Polymicrobial	16/20 (80%)	7/9 (77.8%)	9/11 (81.8%)

*Pathogens in polymicrobial infections are not specified in the numbers above