Table 2.

General clinical information of the patients in the sepsis group

Patient No.	Primary infection site	Surgical site	Categories of antibiotics used within 7 d after admission to the ICU
S1	Lungs	-	Broad-spectrum penicillins
S2	Abdominal cavity	Hollow viscera	Carbapenems + glycopeptides
S3	Lungs	Hollow viscera	Carbapenems + oxazolidinones
S4	Lungs	Joint	Broad-spectrum penicillins + carbapenems
S5	Abdomen	Hollow viscera	Broad-spectrum penicillins + glycopeptides
S6	Lungs	-	Broad-spectrum penicillins + tetracyclines
S7	Lungs	-	Carbapenems + broad-spectrum penicillins
S8	Abdominal cavity	-	Carbapenems
S9	Abdominal cavity	Hollow viscera	Carbapenems
S10	Abdominal cavity	Hollow viscera	Carbapenems + glycopeptides

Note: Sn represents the sepsis patient number n in the sepsis group; e.g., S1 represents sepsis patient No. 1. ICU: Intensive care unit.